Tips for Understanding GDPR Compliance

Posted by alvina on December 29th, 2018

It’s agreed that not everyone can be an expert in GDPR compliance. However, you can certainly try to understand and implement it, particularly if you own a business. Although the May 2018 deadline for the GDPR has been much discussed, being GDPR-compliant is not a one-time task. It’s a continuing approach for businesses.

Having a trust in people with whom you share your data has a lot to do with how you do business online. When an organization requires personal information to run its service, it’s imperative for the user to know how and why the information will be used.

This is the reason why GDPR puts greater responsibility on companies and enhances the individuals’ rights.

Some experts are of opinion that there is nothing that can be 100% GDPR compliant. You just have to look at data and processes from an “ethical” point of view and not to think much about “tools” and “checklist”.

So, you should develop an effective enterprise data protection and privacy strategy as per your particular scenario. Here are a few steps that will ensure your GDPR compliance.

Understand the Main Concepts about GDPR

Being GDPR not only refers to repairing a website. It’s an essential part of your entire company.

There is only some limited number of scenarios wherein companies don’t process data at all. Mostly there are various levels of key personnel that deal with customer’s information and hence should know the General Data Protection Regulation. It’s not the responsibility of only one person.

Understanding the Terms

This is a big step. Following are some of them that can help you for becoming GDPR compliance.

Personal Data: Any information about a person or Data Subject that is useful for directly or indirectly identifying that person

Data Subject: A person whose personal information is processed by a processor or controller

Data Controller: The entity that decides the conditions, objectives, and means of the processing of personal information

Data Processor: The entity that processes information on behalf of the Data Controller

After this, you’ll have to know about the articles given below. This will help you make your transition to the GDPR easier.

Article 5: Principles related to the processing of personal information

Article 6: Legitimate bases of processing of personal data

Articles 12 to 22: Information subject rights (access, transportability, right to be forgotten and so on)

Article 25 and 32: Enterprises should execute the required protection measures to safeguard the personal information of the data subject

Being GDPR compliant is not very complicated. You just have to secure data that others provide you, read the law, process the user data carefully, assess your products, services, providers, tools etc. as per GDPR dispositions and make your collaborators aware of GDPR benefits and risks. This is a great beginning to take you in the right direction towards GDPR compliance.