The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulatory standard set to protect the data privacy rights of individuals of the European Union. It is the toughest privacy and security law in the world. Though it was drafted and passed by the European Union (EU), it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere in the world, so long as they target or collect personal data related to people in the EU.

Under the GDPR Compliance, organizations need to ensure the personal data is legally collected as per GDPR requirements and further protect it from misuse and exploitation. Organizations will face significant penalties which is higher of Euro 20 million or 4% of global revenue, for any privacy or security breaches.

The Benefits of GDPR Certification

The GDPR comes with plenty of advantages for complying businesses. GDPR compliance lays the groundwork for improved data security:

• Increased trust and credibility: GDPR’s Article Five includes seven fundamental principles:
  • Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
  • Purpose limitation
  • Data minimization
  • Accuracy
  • Storage limitation
  • Integrity and confidentiality
  • Accountability
  These seven principles form the basis and rationale for most laws within the GDPR and are fast becoming the universal data protection principles internationally. An organization can gain trust and credibility from its customers if it can demonstrate that it follows the seven principles in making decisions regarding data protection.
• Trust that the Organisation protects customers’ private information: Reaching full GDPR compliance signifies that an organization has achieved a high level of data protection -- an attribute that all customers, clients and business partners appreciate.
• Better brand value: GDPR compliance strengthens your customers’ trust in your brand and also enables you to better manage your risk and avoid non-compliance fines.
• Reduced maintenance costs: By complying with GDPR’s mandate to keep your data inventory up-to-date, you can significantly reduce the cost of storing data by consolidating information that is present in silos or stored in inconsistent formats and also by retiring any data and/or software and legacy applications that are no longer relevant to your business.
• Better alignment with evolving technology: As an extension of GDPR compliance, your organisation will have to move towards improving its network, endpoint and application security.
• Improved data management: Enhanced data privacy strategy empowers communication across business departments seamlessly.

Our Approach to GDPR Compliance:

The GDPR requires that organisations implement an appropriate level of security—at both the technical and organisational level—to prevent data loss, information leaks and other unauthorized data processing operations. Our GDPR audit will help you understand your current level of compliance with GDPR and provide you with practical recommendations on what’s needed to improve. As part of our audit, we will consider the following areas:

• Scope of Compliance
• Data controller and data processor responsibilities
• What personal data is held, where and why
• Consent processes and responsibilities
• Who has access to personal data and why
• Subject access request processes
• DPO roles and responsibilities
• Data subject rights
• Privacy by design and by default
• Governance and risk management