Publius Ovidius
Well-known member
Hi fellow IT people
What are your companies doing about the EU GDPR regulations being enforced properly in 3 months?
We have had consultants hassling all of us the last 6 months and due to the nature of the new regulations and the fines that can be levied, the US have taken it very seriously and are sending out "big stick" mails on a daily basis
This is the bit that they are getting all jumpy about " if you get a data breach (whatever your size) you can be fined 4% of your revenue, or 20 Million whichever is the greater.."
An example people are not aware of is that if you run a club that holds personal data, you need to encrypt your data to prevent unauthorised data breaches. I have a colleague who runs a Cub/Scouts pack and has encrypted all the data on the websites/databases he has to administer the groups.
Basically, It affects everyone, because the regulation are so wooly that no one really knows what is covered, you should see some of the crap I see on mailing lists from other ISPs and stuff. It's pretty much 'if you have anything personal (and 'personal may include even just an email') then you need to take all possible steps to prevent its disclosure to unauthorized persons..
What about NSC data.....Bozza holds data on all of us, email address etc. I assume there is sufficient security measures taken by the hosting company to protect Bozza.
What are your companies doing about the EU GDPR regulations being enforced properly in 3 months?
We have had consultants hassling all of us the last 6 months and due to the nature of the new regulations and the fines that can be levied, the US have taken it very seriously and are sending out "big stick" mails on a daily basis
This is the bit that they are getting all jumpy about " if you get a data breach (whatever your size) you can be fined 4% of your revenue, or 20 Million whichever is the greater.."
An example people are not aware of is that if you run a club that holds personal data, you need to encrypt your data to prevent unauthorised data breaches. I have a colleague who runs a Cub/Scouts pack and has encrypted all the data on the websites/databases he has to administer the groups.
Basically, It affects everyone, because the regulation are so wooly that no one really knows what is covered, you should see some of the crap I see on mailing lists from other ISPs and stuff. It's pretty much 'if you have anything personal (and 'personal may include even just an email') then you need to take all possible steps to prevent its disclosure to unauthorized persons..
What about NSC data.....Bozza holds data on all of us, email address etc. I assume there is sufficient security measures taken by the hosting company to protect Bozza.