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GDPR Compliance

Reflections of a GDPR Data Protection Officer (Part I of III)

As the year 2017 is ending, I sit here in my corner office and began reflecting on what has transpired in the world of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the apprehensions on what the coming year 2018 will have in store for me, my colleagues, the organisation and the business. I must […]

Use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to structure the data

Many organizations have done a pretty good job of analysing and interrogating structured data, but if you dump some contracts and medical literature and relevant law material together, that’s unstructured, and the ability to analyse & rationalize that data is one of the benefits that AI can bring to the table AI can enhance complex […]

Events and Webinar

Coverletter for the February 2021 Newsletter

Dear Friends, These are not normal times. Implementing proper IT Governance is essential. All companies must tighten up their cyber-security protocols for their remote workforce. In the past, the conventional wisdom on cyber-security was to play defence and respond quickly to breaches. The new policy is to be proactive, conduct scenario planning exercises and ensure […]

DELIVER IT GOVERNANCE FOR COMPLIANCE AND RISK INTELLIGENCE AND IT OVERSIGHT  

The Board of Directors (BoD), Senior Management and CxO must provide the confidence and stability and take the appropriate level of IT Governance that includes the components of Risk Management, and compliance to comply with all IT- and Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Protection, issues and processes. In many (new) compliance mandates there is an explicit […]

Schrems II experience for Taking Actionable Steps to make a Data Transfer Roadmap

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) identified five legal use cases and Two Schrems II Unlawful Use Cases, in the recently released Schrems II Guidance 01/2020. Organisations have been eagerly awaiting this guidance, particularly concerning what kinds of additional safeguards could be applied to data to allow cloud processing and global data transfers to continue […]

Management, minds and thoughts

How to address the Dissimilarities between GDPR and Blockchain

The complexities of GDPR both in implementation and enforcement means that old technologies and internal legacy systems with inundated IT platforms cannot solve the GDPR complexities. With the emerging blockchain technologies, there are new avenues to further strengthen data-ownership, transparency and trust between entities and to address the most critical GDPR issues. However specific components […]

Governance, managing and controls

Critique of the proposed EU directive on Sustainable Management

The primary criticism is that the original report and the subsequent paper that will form the directive does not comply with the EU principle of subsidiarity (EU legislation to solve a problem if the Member States cannot solve the problem themselves) and that there are multiple unserious proposals on sustainability and that the initiatives must […]

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