Michelle Lawlor-Perkins discusses GDPR six months on in People Management.
This article was first published in People Management on November 7.
What are the tricky issues employers are grappling with following the introduction of new data protection rules?
With potential fines of up to €20 million or four per cent of annual worldwide turnover for breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the stakes are high for employers to understand the new regime and act accordingly. These include:
- Subject access requests
- New additional rights
- Difficult areas such as ‘special categories’
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