All businesses process data. That means all businesses should take data protection legislation seriously. In its most basic form, the legislation is designed to protect individuals’ data and how that data is processed (used, stored, transferred etc).
For businesses that only process their own employee/customer information internally, the issues are relatively straightforward. However, things soon start to get more complicated when, for example, processing is done by external contractors or emails are collected for marketing campaigns.
For many businesses, data is a core part of their business. For example, companies buy and sell data for marketing and for a lot of online businesses, the collection and use of data is very important. For these businesses compliance with data protection law should be central to their business.
Our approach
Data protection compliance is dealt with by ensuring a business has appropriate policies in place and by making sure data protection issues are covered adequately when the business is contracting with its suppliers and customers. Policies need to be internal – covering security issues and who within a business can access data. They also need to be external – telling clients/customer how you will use their data and what you will do to protect it.
We can carry out Data Protection Audits which will help to ensure your business’s compliance with the data protection legislation. We will then amend and draft the appropriate policies and ensure they are correctly integrated in the businesses’ operation and systems.
