Should you be?
According to a survey, 97% of Swedish companies have no plan for how to adapt their personal data and data management to the GDPR, the EU’s new data protection regulation. Only 9% believe they will be prepared when it comes into force. Will you be?
Most people do not know what the regulation means, nor do they really know how to prepare. 39% say they are not prepared and 28% do not know if they are. In many ways, businesses depend, or rely, on their IT and cloud service providers to make the necessary preparations.
Storegate prepared for new data protection regulation
At Storegate, we are prepared. The wording of the laws, combined with the new regulation, makes it legally easier for all parties if the company is fully Swedish and the servers themselves are in Sweden. As it is for us. Right now we are working internally on the documentation and process description required, and will be prepared and ready even with that in good time.
Although Swedish businesses are ill-prepared, and breaches of the regulation can result in hefty fines, according to the survey they are not as worried as the European average, but maybe they should be? Are you?
In the future, we’ll tell you more about how it works and why, and what you need to do to feel safe – but if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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Facts – GDPR:
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) regulates how personal data and data should be handled within the EU and with parties outside the EU, so-called “third countries”. The regulation affects virtually all companies and organizations that deal with people and replaces the Personal Data Act (PuL). The regulation has been created to protect the privacy of EU citizens and will enter into force in May 2018. Violations can result in company fines of 10% of the company’s turnover.
