Data protection checklist - are you GDPR ready?

Data protection checklist – is your business GDPR ready?

Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation requires demonstrable compliance with the new regulations. With GDPR now in force, ensuring your staff are aware of your organisation’s data protection policies is now more important than ever.

Data protection changes under GDPR

Are you familiar with GDPR? Does your organisation have a process for data portability? GDPR legislation now allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services. Other changes include the requirement for certain organisations to appoint a Data Protection Officer. Further, under GDPR, sensitive information now includes biometric and genetic information. This means that organisations should familiarise themselves with GDPR and ensure staff understand how to process personal data.

Download our data protection checklist

VinciWorks has created a checklist that will help you identify areas where your data protection procedures could be stronger.

The checklist includes:

Links to our GDPR guide and data protection policy template
Questions to ask yourself as part of a data protection audit
GDPR-relevant information to ensure you have a clear understanding of the new data protection rules

The checklist can be downloaded by using the form below. Feel free to share it with all your staff.

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A host of GDPR resources on one page

VinciWorks has published a GDPR resource page that contains a bank of resources, from policy templates and guides to free GDPR training demos on one central page. You can view the page and download a host of resources by clicking here.

How are you managing your GDPR compliance requirements?

GDPR added a significant compliance burden on DPOs and data processors. Data breaches must be reported to the authorities within 72 hours, each new data processing activity needs to be documented and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) must be carried out for processing that is likely to result in a high risk to individuals. Penalties for breaching GDPR can reach into the tens of millions of Euros.

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