In the Digital Age, it has become increasingly common for commercial enterprises, authoritative bodies, charities, clubs and many other organisations to store, process and handle personal information of employees, clients, members and customers. These high-tech processes make like easier for us all, of course, but that convenience has often come at a price.
With cyberattacks, hacks and inadvertent data breaches on the rise, the repercussions of a failure to protect such information can be extremely serious. If you or your organisation are in charge of personal data, can you be sure that you’re doing all you can to avoid potential issues. And, perhaps even more important, are you certain that your processes and systems remain within the law?
Remaining compliant with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be something of a grey area for many people, even those experienced in the filed of information storage. For this reason, you need to have skilled and experienced specialists on hand as and when you need them. In short, MML Law’s dedicated experts should be your go-to advisors.
The UK’s GDPR applies to all relevant organisations in the country, and can relate to everything from personal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, bank details, credit card numbers and more. If information on your systems is leaked, either by accident or via a criminal act, it can lead to serious problems for you and your clients, perhaps even resulting in a major court case that costs you a significant sum of money.
MML Law can provide high quality guidance on all data protection and privacy matters, including the creation of policies and procedures, compliance advice, information requests, record-keeping, data portability, audits, consent forms, security reviews, cybersecurity, risk assessments, allegations of computer misuse and so much more.
The terms of the GDPR in the UK dictate that you have to have justification for holding and processing personal data. This means you need the consent of the individual, that you can demonstrate a need to hold the data in order to perform actions defined in a form of contract, that you need to protect the person’s vital interests and more. For your organisation, the laws are very clearly defined.
We have represented a comprehensive and very diverse selection of clients in this field, and we have found many of them to be inadvertently taking unnecessary risks in their data handling. With MML Law in your corner, you can be sure that all of your systems and processes will be robust, practical and within the relevant legislation. That’s why we’ve become the go-to legal specialists for so many clients.
To find out more about our high quality advice, guidance and representation services, all it takes is a single phone call. We can be contacted today on 01382 206 000, so get in touch for a free, no obligation conversation. Given the increasing seriousness of cyber leaks, this could be the most important call you’ll make this year. We hope to hear from you soon.
