GDPR: Looking To The Year Ahead

On 30 May 2019, the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published a report, reflecting on its experiences over the year since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (GDPR) and sharing its learnings.    

In its report, the ICO describes a year of:

• Supporting: the public, data protection officers (DPOs), SMEs and other organisations in understanding the new regulatory requirements using various tools, including through the publication of guidance, blogs, toolkits, checklists, podcasts and FAQs on its website;
• Taking action: to enforce the GDPR, act on personal data breaches, respond to public concerns, and work with other regulators;