Large-scale data loss and data privacy compliance breaches continue to make headline news, highlighting the need for stringent data protection policies, especially when personal or commercially sensitive information is at stake. While regulations and legislation exist to address these issues, how organisations can best tailor their compliance approaches to their own operational circumstances has remained an open question. The focus of this book is on operationalising a truly risk-based approach to data protection and compliance, beyond just emphasis on regulatory frameworks and legalistic compliance.
"The past few years has seen transformative changes in privacy, particularly in the UK, where GDPR and Brexit have created a host of new and potentially divergent data protection laws. In this book, Stewart and his team distill several decades of accumulated privacy, data protection and information governance experience and know-how into a guide that's essential reading for data protection newcome
Toby Hayes FBCS CITP FIP CIPP/E CIPM
"An ideal resource and must read for new and seasoned privacy practitioners, Data Protection and Compliance provides a comprehensive overview of UK privacy requirements together with a practical focus on hot topics and emerging issues to watch out for. Uniquely, the book helps the reader understand how the breadth of the legal, policy and practical requirements all fit together with a contextual s
Vivienne Artz OBE, NED, GLEIF, former CPO LSEG/Refinitiv/Thomson Reuters
"Stewart Room and his team apply their extensive knowledge of data protection law and practice to provide an invaluable resource on data protection that rightly goes beyond interpreting and understanding the law, and unpacks what this means on the ground for compliance leaders and their advisors. Full of practical insights on governance, risk and compliance in the data protection domain, every DPO
