I was asked recently about the use of Slack, given the Schrems 2 case and the fact that use of ‘messaging tools’ and Personal Data always rears some ‘interesting’ sticking points. So, let’s have a look at it and see what issues Slack throws up (if any).
If, like me, you’ve been completing and assessing Data Protection Impact Assessments for a number of years (long before GDPR came along), you’ll notice that apart from them being called DPIAs and being ‘mandatory’ (in certain circumstances), the same old issues around getting people to fill them in correctly remain the same.
We are pleased to be partnering again with the Essex Chamber of Commerce to offer a range of data related training and awareness webinars to support businesses in Essex.
In short, be aware. With all this ‘negative’ noise around about Data Protection at the moment I can see the challenge to keep it high up on the agenda with organisations being more difficult for a while….That doesn’t mean, however, that we should stop our promotion and advocacy of excellent information handling!