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Despite Impending Deadline, Most Organizations Remain Unprepared to Comply With GDPRA flash poll conducted by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) indicates 90 percent of organizations do not have the necessary controls in place to be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) impending enforcement date, May 25, 2018. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005059/en/ Baker Tilly GDPR overview (Graphic: Business Wire) "With recent significant data breaches, concerns around personal data access at Facebook (News - Alert)/Cambridge Analytica and the coming enforcement date of GDPR, privacy concerns are heightened," David Ross, partner with Baker Tilly's cybersecurity and privacy practice, said. "Leading organizations need to implement proactive, risk-based monitoring and compliance measures as part of a comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy program."
Significant GDPR noncopliance penalties "Having well-documented privacy policies and procedures coupled with a documented privacy program overall demonstrates the organization is actively engaged in ensuring compliance in case of GDPR oversight review," Mike Vanderbilt, director with Baker Tilly's cybersecurity and privacy practice, said. Baker Tilly recently held an educational webinar, "GDPR: Is your organization ready?" to help organizations understand the GDPR and prepare for the enforcement, ongoing monitoring and compliance. The webinar presenters discussed:
Presentation slides and a recording of the webinar are available at bakertilly.com/insights/gdpr-is-your-organization-ready. A GDPR overview infographic can be found at bakertilly.com/GDPR.
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