GDPR: Is The Jargon Holding Up Your Preparation?

With the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) a mere 3 months away, it may (or may not) surprise you to learn that 60% of organisations were reported as being not "GDPR ready" at the start of this month. The same report, by software technology firm Senzing, also found that almost 40% of UK-based directors were unsure as to whether they would be GDPR compliant come 25 May.

This is not the first study to reveal a lack of preparation for the GDPR. In January the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport urged business and charities to ensure they were compliant by 25 May after it was revealed that up to 50% were unaware of their new obligations.

With these statistics in mind, this is the first in a short series of jargon-busting blog posts to help tackle some of the confusion surrounding the introduction of GDPR. In this post we look at some commonly used terms in the GDPR which deal with the different types of data and those that