Eu Gdpr: A Pocket Guide

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will unify data protection and simplify the use of personal data across the EU from 25 May 2018, when it will automatically supersede member states’ domestic data protection laws.

It will also apply to every organisation in the world that processes personal information of EU residents.

The Regulation introduces a number of key changes for all organisations that process EU residents’ personal data.

EU GDPR: A Pocket Guide provides an essentiall introduction to this new data protection law, explaining the Regulation and setting out the compliance obligations for EU organisations.

Alan Calder, the founder and executive chairman of IT Governance Ltd, is an internationally acknowledged cyber security expert, and a leading author on information security and IT governance issues. He co-wrote the definitive compliance guide IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001/ISO27002, which is the basis for the Open University’s postgraduate course on information security, and has been involved in the development of a wide range of information security management training courses that have been accredited by the International Board for IT Governance Qualifications (IBITGQ). Alan has consulted on data security for numerous clients in the UK and abroad, and is a regular media commentator and speaker.