Falling Short of the Legislation Mark
GDPR Is Coming
Don’t Panic! Put In The Effort
So what I’ve actually done is put a little bit of a package together to try and help people, shortcut it, put it there, and then send it out.
Now there’s a cost to do that of course, and like I’ve said, I’m a big fan of you that pay with your wallet or you pay with the time and the knowledge that you put into it.
But what I’ve been so surprised about is how poor people are addressing it.
Sending a quick email out saying something along the lines of, you’re on my list, will you click here to continue to opt in?
Now you know that’s just an existent list.
You’re not even obliged to send it to an existent list if you’ve got documented proof of an order or that they’ve got the specific consent in, legal consent.
Take Legislation Seriously
If that’s you, you’ve got to really, seriously get a grip of yourself because governance in any business is going to mean the difference between a healthy profit and potentially going out of business.
So what I really want you to get out of this blog is to take a look, I’m not just talking about GDPR, that’s just something I want to talk about what’s on my mind today.
Have a look at, is your licensing, is your legislation, is your legal stuff all right?
If it’s not, you’ve either got to sit down, study it, work with the authorities.
But like GDPR, you can work with the ICO, the Information Commissioner Office, they’ve got some great resources, good webinars, good videos, good documents.
It ain’t that difficult once you actually thin it down and get on with it.
So whether it’s GDPR, whether it’s any other type of governance, I really want you to take a look at it, document down are you compliant.
If not why not.
What’s the authority or the regulation that you’ve got to work with, what you’re doing about it, and feel better about it.
Also, don’t leave it until the last minute.