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Risk assessment request for data protection?

Posted by Peter Rose on January 30, 2018 at 4:47pm in Business

Hi all, 

I've recently started a working relatonship with a property maintainence company who will hopefully be putting some work my way (just the usual grass cutting outside flats etc). They have just emailed to say that the data protection laws are changing in May and that "every organisation needs to undertake a risk assessment and formulate an action plan to demonstrate how they collect, store, use and remove client data beyond the 25th May 2018". They now want something from me that shows I have "assessed procedures in some way and have robust systems in place". Does anyone have any experience of this? Or any idea of what a data protection risk assessment would look like?

Thanks

Pete  

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  • Scott H January 30, 2018 at 7:30pm

    It's GDPR

    Have a look here

    https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2017/11/what-is...

    I have a sample policy, might be helpful if I get can it in to the BOG Document bank. 

    What is GDPR for small business: a comprehensive guide
    With the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective date pinned at 25/05/18, the UK is gearing up for tougher fines and stricter re…
    • Peter Rose > Scott H January 31, 2018 at 9:09am

      Thanks Scott, that would be really useful. 

      • Scott H > Peter Rose January 31, 2018 at 11:57am

        I've sent it over to Phil to upload

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    Andrew Betteridge January 30, 2018 at 10:14pm

    How long do you have to keep records for of controlled activities such as spraying pesticides?

    What if a customer for whom you have carried out the application of pesticides and herbicides requests that you remove them from your records?

    Andy

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