Study shows firms confident on GDPR compliance

Paul Lavery, partner and head of McCann FitzGerald’s Technology & Innovation Group, Annette Hogan, a consultant for the group, and Liam McKenna, partner, Mazars, at the launch of their third annual report on GDPR PIc: Shane O’Neill, SON Photographic

Mazars and McCann FitzGerald has released its third report on the awareness and understanding of Irish business for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the first report by the firms since the GDPR’s introduction in May 2018.

The good news is that, six months on, Irish businesses appear to be optimistic about compliance with GDPR as 88 per cent said they are confident that they have correctly interpreted their GDPR obligations, while 84 ...