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GDPR can help advocates for privacy within an organisation. Rather than argue with nebulous harm from potential bad PR, you can say "If we don't do this, we ris
by rmc 9y ago
GDPR can help advocates for privacy within an organisation. Rather than argue with nebulous harm from potential bad PR, you can say "If we don't do this, we risk a fine of $LOTS"
- bonesss 9y agoGDPR puts legal teeth with $MegaFines onto a lot of internal IT political battles beyond security, too. Unified project processes, mandatory architectural reviews, IT-driven planning... if you're in a domain with lots of personal data the answer to why can't be cowboys and ignore IT 'just this one time' goes from "because we are trying to do IT right, dammit" to "because it's illegal" or "because the compliance costs are too high".