Are You Switched On For GDPR?

With less than 4 weeks to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, HR & OD Consultancy Limited are busy supporting their ‘retained’ clients with what they need to do in order to be compliant from an HR perspective.

Most of you reading this article will know that ‘G-Day’, as the HR & OD Team call it, is the 25th May 2018 but many organisations are still not recognising the impact of what the regulations mean for them as an Employer.

According to a recent survey undertaken by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), a staggering 47% of the UK’s office workers do not know whether their employer is taking action to comply with GDPR… are you one of them?
Any business that handles personal data needs to identify ‘WHAT’ data is collected; ‘HOW’ such data is used; ‘WHERE’ it is securely stored (and deleted) and ‘WHY’ it is actually needed, with the Regulation putting more of an emphasis on ‘WHO’ – i.e. the data subject - needs to be aware of the what, how, where and why!