With all the Covid19 issues that are happening at the moment it is all to easy to forget that we are leaving the transition period in less than 3 months! This means that unless we sign some sort of trade deal the UK becomes a third country in regard to data transfers from the European Union.
So what does this mean?
You might have heard that Google is moving or, if you've recently had a notification around new terms and conditions, has moved UK data from it's data centre in Ireland to the US.
What does this mean?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, and by the letter of the law, virtually every business in the UK needs to comply with it. However, there are still some misconceptions surrounding the law and what it means to organisations. This can lead to difficult situations where mistakes can be made.