Are Irish firms ready for GDPR?

Helen Dixon, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner

The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be in place by May 2018. Are Irish companies ready for it? And what, if any, are the upsides for business?

The GDPR heralds a new era in the regulation of personal data processing in Europe. It amplifies and expands the rights of individuals to control how their personal information is collected and processed, and places new obligations squarely on the shoulders of organisations ...