GDPR comes into effect on May 25th and will change how we use and process personal data. Throughout March we place a focus upon it
The General Data Protection Regulation has been described as the most significant overhaul in data protection in a generation.
Statistics suggest that the majority of organisations are still not prepared despite the prospect of irreparable reputational damage and being fined 鈧�20m or four per cent of worldwide annual turnover if they do not comply.
Don鈥檛 keep data you don鈥檛 need, according to health pioneer Liz Ashall-Payne. She is the founder and chief executive of ORCHA, a health and fitness app review platform based in Daresbury, Cheshire.
鈥淚鈥檇 say only keep the data that you absolutely need and get rid of the rest,鈥� she says. 鈥淟ess is more.
鈥淲e advise both healthcare professionals and patients but we don鈥檛 collect a lot of data ourselves.
鈥淚 think the healthcare sector at large is ready for GDPR because they鈥檝e been working in this space and data protection is absolutely critical.鈥�
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