{"id":23645,"date":"2017-07-24T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infozone.se\/?p=23645"},"modified":"2017-07-24T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:07:39","slug":"chose-highest-gear-now-gdpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infozone.se\/en\/latest-news\/chose-highest-gear-now-gdpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the highest gear now for GDPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the 25th of May next year, the regulation on GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will come in force. Together with our partner TimeXtender, we talk in this post about the meaning of GDPR, as well as what Infozone together with TimeXtender can do for you in terms of GDPR. <\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u00b4t miss out on our Lunch and Learn in Stockholm the 11th of October regarding this subject! <\/strong><\/p>\n Let\u2019s imagine for a minute that we are all ready to start running towards full GDPR compliance. Shoes tied. Water bottles filled. Starting line in sight. Then a person appears. He hands you a piece of paper and asks you politely to answer a few questions before the race starts:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s imagine for a minute that we are all ready to start running towards full GDPR compliance. Shoes tied. Water bottles filled. Starting line in sight. Then a person appears. He hands you a piece of paper and asks you politely to answer a few questions before the race starts:<\/p>\n The more people within your business you ask, the longer the list of systems and different kinds of data usage becomes. Asking \u201cWhy?\u201d will turn your list into a novel and may even include some department\u2019s dream of \u201ceventually using this data for a certain purpose. Maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n And that\u2019s before you glance at the next question on the piece of paper:<\/p>\n TimeXtender<\/a> has a great tool for gathering\/ documenting your data correctly. Read more about this here<\/a> and contact Infozone for further information.<\/p>\n Companies that do not comply with the GDPR regulation risks a fine. The fines are determined and may in the worst scenario charge organizations that violate the legal requirements with up to 4% of the parent comapny\u00b4s global turnover, or 20 million Euros. The alternative that is on the highest amount will base your fine. We will help you on your way to GDPR!<\/p>\nReady… Set… GO!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/strong>\u201cAhh, that one is easy,\u201d you think. You list the different systems that come to mind: ERP, CRM, HR. But then you wonder \u201cWhat is the name of the system we uses for data analytics?\u201d and in that moment, you realise that it is not just the system’s name itself that needs to be documented, but the entire data model inside the system!<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Maybe you are lucky enough to be able to write up a complete list of your company\u2019s IT systems. With that list in your hand, you ask your IT department where the systems store their data. They could very well get back to you with the names of various other systems that aren\u2019t even mentioned on your list. Your search would prove one thing at least \u2013 that now there are even more systems to document.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s used for business operations\u201d, your finance department will answer, before also mentioning budgeting, forecasting, BI and analytics. They might even add a few more systems to your list, since they will include the data warehouses and analytical tools they use. If you press them to define what they mean by \u201cbusiness operations,\u201d they\u2019ll say something like, \u201cYou know\u2026 reporting, analysis. Some self-service BI too.\u201d Then they\u2019ll look at you and ask whether you REALLY need a complete list of where every little piece of data is used?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Had this question been the first one, you would have felt so certain that the answer would be an easy one \u2013 just ask IT. But as the list of systems and data usage has grown, your certainty has faded. The answer doesn\u2019t just cover access to the main company systems, but also data that\u2019s being pulled into separate systems for data analysis and visualizations, and even data that\u2019s \u2018just\u2019 being fetched into Excel and later emailed \u2018to whom it may concern\u2019. Who has access to data? Probably a lot more people than you think.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe race is on to be GDPR compliant and there is lots of ground to cover. Since 25 May 2018 is approaching fast, we all need to pick up speed. Maybe the answer isn\u2019t at all about adding as many resources as possible to cover the most milage. Maybe instead we should all be looking for different approaches that will enable us all to reach GDPR compliance. Smarter ways to work. Services and tools that support the tasks of documentation, security and logging. Whatever other tasks that GDPR compliance requires. Whatever it needs for us all to reach the finish line in time.<\/p>\n