2 months before the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, companies’ situation vary. For some of them, communication around it can be blurry: we notice a lot companies trying to gather more information about it, but facing general, broad and confusing communication. At the end of 2017, more than 90% of companies were not really aware of GDPR! Others, on the other hand, have a more opportunistic approach to it and consider it as a potential new market. Each company needs to do a check-up on its relationship to data. The implementation of GDPR-compliance processes must be part of a personalized procedure, in which communication is adapted regarding the company, with real dedicated dialogue sessions. The goal is for the companies to really understand the impacts of this regulation on their businesses and to be able to decide which actions to take for that matter.
We are going to release on Thursday March 15th a course entirely dedicated to GDPR, to understand it, be well prepared and set up the adapted processes. This course has been co-edited with James Nauffray, founder of TechAgency, a European consulting agency which field of expertise is entirely data-driven. On this matter, Coorpacademy has chosen James as its Data Protection Officer (DPO)!
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