GDPR is Upon Us

Stop Thinking of GDPR Compliance as a Purely IT Issue

by Miguel Valdes Faura

Are you really ready to comply with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will be enforced beginning May 25, 2018? GDPR is being heralded as the most important change in data privacy regulations in two decades, and you’ve probably seen copious articles about how to prepare and plan for GDPR compliance.

But if you’re still in the GDPR auditing and planning stages, it’s time to move to the action phase. Coordinating all the software professionals and systems involved in achieving and demonstrating GDPR compliance is daunting. The right automation of business processes to comply with GDPR—and to prove that compliance—could well be what stands between you and hefty fines.