Media excitement concerning the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may have died down now that we are nearly two years in, but the serious risk for non-compliant businesses is ever present. Commercial Solicitor Ben Ironmonger of Scott Bailey LLP sets out some useful tips on cost effective GDPR compliance. It is easy for a small or medium business to put GDPR to the bottom of the priority pile and simply label it as more red tape, particularly given the regulations were brought in nearly a year and a half ago in May 2018, and the world has not stopped spinning yet. However, organisations shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security. There is something of an inevitability that as more time passes, the Information Commissioner’s Office and other regulators are likely to become less lenient in respect of data … Continue reading →