Organisations must prepare and intend to be prepared to respond to breaches of personal data as they can have major financial, reputational and operational consequences. They need to set up procedures to respond to an individual's request for rights and lastly organisations must demonstrate accountability which can be done through keeping up to date records of processing activities, performing data protection impact assessments and appointing a Data Protection officer when necessary.
Key learning objectives:
What is a Personal data breach?
How does a data breach impact a company?
How can a company fulfil accountability?