Preparatory Audit Of Data For GDPR

p>Being able to comply with the GDPR by May 2018 requires preparation.  If you have not yet started preparing, it is imperative that you do so now.

First, you need to understand the life cycle of all categories of data within your business.  This means collaborating with the business leads across your organisation (such as the head of your HR, IT and Business Development teams), to identify:

• the entry point: what personal data you collect, where and who it comes from, how it comes into your organisation and why you are receiving it
• the process: where the data goes and what happens to it while it is in your organisation – where and how is it stored, who has access to it and why (is anything superfluous)?