A certified response to GDPR

While businesses await the first GDPR decisions, certification already offers a route to compliance and will only become more important as the regulation beds in

Michael Brophy, chief executive of Certification Europe

The intended consequence of GDPR is the protection of user data. The unintended consequence, however, has been a panicked scramble for compliance, hardly a rational response to a regulation that has been well telegraphed.

“There’s a sense of panic that this is all brand new, but that’s not the case,” said Michael Brophy, chief executive of Certification Europe.

As the May 25 deadline approaches, more and more companies have been preparing, many for ...