GDPR is legislation that supports consumers to unlock their data from the silos of organisations
GDPR as the biggest legal change of the digital age. - Mark Lomas
Biggest change to EU data protection law for two decades. - SC Magazine
On 24th May 2016 new EU legislation (General Data Protection Regulation-GDPR) became effective which requests companies and organisations to handle personal data radically differently. Mark Lomas of Cap Gemini: “We regard GDPR as the biggest legal change of the digital age”.
What does it mean?
The GDPR rules became effective on 24th May 2016. Companies, governments and other organisations have time to adapt their processes and procedures until 25th May, 2018, after which the rules will be applied by the supervising authorities. Who fails to comply to these GDPR rules by that time not only risk a heavy fine (administrative fines up to € 20.000.000, or in the case of a business undertaking, up to 4 % of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher) but also negative publicity, loss of credibility and trust.
However, who actively embraces the GDPR regulation, will stand out, have a chance for renewed customer intimacy, be associated with ease-of-use for the customer and be able to reduce costs at the same time.
Whilst the authorities will enforce the new GDPR rules from 25 May 2018 onwards with fines, individuals can already now rely on the new rules in civil procedures. Thus there is an urgent need to act.
The compliance burden may be extensive. However, the value created by an higher customer engagement and reduced data maintenance costs will most likely be a solid return on any CMR investement. The customer’s personal data rights can be summarized as follows.