{"id":31552,"date":"2022-11-10T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.whatjobs.com\/?p=31552"},"modified":"2024-02-05T05:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T05:40:34","slug":"why-data-protection-is-crucial-to-your-company-and-ways-you-can-implement-protection-strategies-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/why-data-protection-is-crucial-to-your-company-and-ways-you-can-implement-protection-strategies-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why data protection is crucial to your company and ways you can implement protection strategies in it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know that around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/uk\/business\/start-up-failure-statistics\/#:~:text=In%20the%20UK%2C%20according%20to,fail%20in%20their%20first%20year.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">60% of small businesses fail in their first 3 years of operating<\/a>? There are many reasons for this including a poor businesses plan, poor marketing, failure to adapt to market change and running out of funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many ways that businesses can run out of money including financial mismanagement and lack of sales but one that most people aren\u2019t aware of is fines for not complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itgovernance.co.uk\/dpa-and-gdpr-penalties\" rel=\"noopener\">fines for not complying with GDPR can range up to \u00a317.5 million<\/a> which could be enough to bankrupt most UK businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not currently complying with GDPR rules or you\u2019re looking to implement protection strategies into your business, then this article can help. Read on to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is GDPR<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GDPR is a policy that ensures any data that could identify an individual is kept secure and protected to avoid it being used against them. This policy ensures companies of all sizes know what they can and can\u2019t do with personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personal information includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Name<\/li><li>Phone number<\/li><li>Address<\/li><li>Date of Birth<\/li><li>Bank account<\/li><li>Passport number<\/li><li>Health records<\/li><li>Race<\/li><li>Religious beliefs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Failure to keep this data protected may lead to sanctions made on your business, so you must do everything you can to ensure your business and its employees comply with GDPR rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Need Career Advice? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/info\/category\/career-advice\/\" title=\"Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career.\">Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can you comply with GDPR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Implement the following strategies in your company to ensure staff members know exactly what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Training sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people join your business, try to offer them GDPR training as soon as possible to ensure they know what\u2019s expected of them from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Refresher sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees that have been at your company for a while may not have done GDPR training for a long time. This means they may hay have forgotten how to remain compliant with the rules. Offer refresher sessions every year to jog their memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Store information in safe places<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever data your business stores should only be held in reliable places that are unlikely to be hacked. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/determine-usb-ports-with-different-protocols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">store this information on the cloud or USBs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Encrypt company devices and software<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encrypting your company\u2019s devices is one of the safest ways to protect your company from hacks. Encryption converts data into code which hides the data\u2019s true meaning and ensures information doesn\u2019t get into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can complying with GDPR help your business?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you comply with GDPR rules, it\u2019s not just your employees that benefit but your business too. These benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reduce the risk of data hacks,<\/li><li>Keep customers safe<\/li><li>Protect company policy and keep secrets safe<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCq7Ngf1IK1GJMZUmg6WXVfg\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatJobsNews\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/whatjobsnews\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a><strong>, and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/whatjobscom\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GDPR is a policy that ensures any data that could identify an individual is kept secure and protected to avoid it being used against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}