Veritas privacy boss Mark Keddie has warned that with Boris Johnson today saying that the UK must be prepared for a no trade deal with the EU, the question of data migration becomes urgent again for businesses everywhere.
Both the EU and the UK government have suggested, however, that a deal could still be done. But with the outcome of the UK-EU Brexit trade negotiations is still uncertain, and two-and-a-half years after the GDPR came into force, businesses must now return to the challenge of understanding their data flow.
Keddie said that action was going to be especially important for organisations that might have taken their feet off the pedal over the last 30 months, thinking that their work was done.
“Some watchdogs, such as the ICO in the UK have issued only limited fines and even pledged leniency during the COIVD pandemic, which could have lulled organisations into a false sense of security. It’s important for those businesses to recognise that action will soon lie in the hands of international watchdogs, many of which have been more willing to bare their teeth”, he said.
