The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will harmonize data protection procedures across the European Union in May 2018, will have a direct effect in the UK, and HR professionals will need to undertake an audit of their procedures and policies before the legislation is implemented. Non-compliance will be expensive. HR teams in particular will need to communicate data protection policies, including pre-employment; how data is processed; how open access requests are handled; data breach responses; and how IT systems are effectively storing and deleting data as necessary.
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