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Don’t Panic, but the Countdown is on and GDPR is Coming!: Data Privacy Trends
I have a “panic button” on my desk. Are you panicking about the upcoming Europe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) yet? If so, see below.
I stumbled across an EU GDPR countdown clock yesterday. As of when I’m writing this, the clock says there are 92 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes and 08 seconds “Until the EU GDPR comes into force” (on May 25th). So, time is ticking!
Are you ready? Gartner predicts that on May 25th, more than half of companies affected by the GDPR will not comply fully with its requirements.
If you’re afraid you may be one of those companies, or not even sure whether or not GDPR applies to you, today at noon CST (1:00pm EST, 10:00am PST), CloudNine will conduct the webcast eDiscovery and the GDPR: Ready or Not, Here it Comes! In this one-hour webcast that’s CLE-approved in selected states, we will discuss how data privacy requirements have evolved over time, the parameters associated with the GDPR, what they mean to your organization and what steps your organization needs to take to ensure compliance with the GDPR.
Once again, I’ll be presenting the webcast, along with Tom O’Connor, who recently wrote an article about GDPR that we covered as a four part blog series. It’s not too late to register for it, if you want to attend, click here. Even if you can’t make it today, you can still go ahead and register to get a link to the slides and to the recording of the webcast (if you want to check it out later).
Oh, and I really do have a “panic button” from Hoops & Yoyo™. I keep it on my desk at work and it comes in handy at times to relieve stress. If you want to see what it looks like and sounds like, click here.
So, what do you think? Are you ready for GDPR? If not, don’t panic! Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
*Oh, now we’re down to 92 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes and 49 seconds! Just in the time it’s taken me to write this blog post! :o)
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