test please delete

[NickFitz]

This afternoon's fun and games was GDPR. Thought I should at least get the basics. Looking forward to scaring clientCo next week.

I suspect there may be a lot of companies rushing to sort things out in the near future

[DaveB]

This afternoon's fun and games was GDPR. Thought I should at least get the basics. Looking forward to scaring clientCo next week.

Once you've scared them send them my way, I'm reassuringly expensive

[mudskipper]

Once you've scared them send them my way, I'm reassuringly expensive

Looks like a very lucrative bandwagon to jump on.

[DaveB]

Looks like a very lucrative bandwagon to jump on.

It certainly has potential

Wrap it with Cyber Security and there is a lot of demand. Not so much in terms of understanding but around what processes are needed, writing and implementing them, how you protect data at the technical level, testing and auditing.

Compliance is far more evidence driven than it was under DPA.

[mudskipper]

It certainly has potential

Wrap it with Cyber Security and there is a lot of demand. Not so much in terms of understanding but around what processes are needed, writing and implementing them, how you protect data at the technical level, testing and auditing.

Compliance is far more evidence driven than it was under DPA.

That was the impression I got from the course - it's far more about demonstrating that you're doing the right things.

Might do the practitioner next - I found it quite interesting <saddo />

[DaveB]

That was the impression I got from the course - it's far more about demonstrating that you're doing the right things.

Might do the practitioner next - I found it quite interesting <saddo />

Just be aware that here are no officially sanctioned qualifications or standards associated with GDPR. Anyone telling you their course is ISO standard or similar is selling snake oil.

[BR14]

gammon steak, chips and peas for dinner. steak was large,- very crowded plate.
now i'm stuffed

[mudskipper]

Just be aware that here are no officially sanctioned qualifications or standards associated with GDPR. Anyone telling you their course is ISO standard or similar is selling snake oil.

Yes, I know there's no official qualification, but course was useful and informative although the exam questions were clearly not written by an English native speaker!

[mudskipper]

gammon steak, chips and peas for dinner. steak was large,- very crowded plate.
now i'm stuffed

"Dad's pasta" - standard Friday night fare - pasta, jar of sauce, lots of cheese.

[BR14]

Just be aware that here are no officially sanctioned qualifications or standards associated with GDPR. Anyone telling you their course is ISO standard or similar is selling snake oil.

does GDPS count? - i'm a dab hand at that