Recently, I was involved in learning more about GDPR. Honestly, I learned a great deal, and thoroughly enjoyed the associated online classes and group discussions. The number of scenarios around data protection is plentiful to say the least, but guidance around the main elements of GDPR can assist interpretation and the design of suitable processes. Like many, we are all more aware of the importance of privacy and personal data protection, in particular due to the digital world we live in - just think of all the cookie or privacy policies you have encountered in recent days! I knew a little about GDPR and the various changes to practice, but none of the detail behind the regulation and its many articles (99 of them!). So, what have I learned from attending the course - certainly too much to put in a single blog post, but I will add some general learnings below that might be of interest - as well as some of my summary sketches. WHEN?
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Exemptions do exist:
From some of my previous blog posts, you may have seen I attended a Visualthinkery.com National Seminar supported by the National Forum (my blog post on this is linked here), so I tried to use what I learned there and try to sketch elements of this topic. Below you can see two of my 'GDPR' drawings; one focusing on the rights of data subjects and the other on the principles of GDPR. Two of my many takeaways is the need to always be proactive around data protection (privacy by design, from the onset), and the importance of a team of champions to be supporting both the work around this, and each other, within an organisation - oh, one more, encrypt your USB drives if they are deemed essential! You can read more about the GDPR regulation and its articles here, while the Irish Data Protection Commission's website is a great resource also. |
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