The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) has been in effect since the 25th of May, 2018. With its introduction, it replaced the old Data Protection Directive along with conflicting member state legislation.
GDPR is extensive and complex, affecting organisations that hold (control) and analyse or use (process) data of EU residents. Because of its wide scope, most businesses are impacted by its provisions.
Companies processing personal data now have several obligations which, prior to the coming into force of the GDPR, they did not have. These obligations include, amongst other things:
It is crucial to note that European companies must implement these regulations regardless of whether their clients are locals or foreigners. Our data protection specialists will advise the company and its representatives of the measures which are needed to ensure that all processing operations are compliant with the GDPR and any other local legislation.
Our Data Protection specialists have been actively working in this field for several years and have gained invaluable practical knowledge of the ins and outs of this Regulation. We have advised and serviced several prominent organisations in a variety of sectors with regards to data protection and specifically, GDPR compliance. The services we offer include:
Our team of experienced professionals is devoted to assisting our clients in succeeding. In a nutshell, clients are first made aware of all their GDPR compliance obligations. This is followed by the creation of a carefully designed plan of action intended to allow the client to, as far as this is possible, continue his regular operations while also fulfilling his Data Protection compliance obligations. We take into account that each client’s circumstances are different and at the same time do our utmost to minimise costs and disruption to the client’s business operations.
The GDPR Auto software is the only software solution currently available which is capable of addressing all the requirements emanating from the GDPR, starting off from the initial GAP analysis to identify the current short comings, identifying and creating all required policy templates, minimising and cleansing of data, automation of requests for consent if and when required and the overall continuous administration of client requests as well as monitoring retention periods to ensure that no data is kept past its retention period.
Through the initial assessment carried out by the software itself, GDPR Auto will enable enterprises of all types and sizes to be able to carry out fully automated audits which in turn will identify the ideal policies required for the particular type and size of the business in question, which process can all be traced back through an audit trail.
GDRP Auto came about through the merging of talents of Aqubix a leading software house and Michael Kyprianou Malta which provided the legal knowledge and assistance in order to create the ideal GDPR tool. This synergy of talent and knowledge was put to work with the aim of creating a centralised and automated solution which allows entities to shift from manual efforts when it comes to the operation aspects of compliance from a technical perspective to an automated approach which is moulded and centered around the required legal knowledge and expertise needed to properly tackle the requirements of the GDPR in the most efficient and effective way.
This is what Dr. Adrian Mallia from Michael Kyprianou had to say
“Now that GDPR law is in force I meet a lot of companies that have not yet lifted a finger, others that are considering doing something and other that are at the forefront and implemented systems to make sure all their GDPR areas are covered. GDPR is here to Stay and Michael Kyprianou is placed very well in this area as we have a unique product that we can introduce to our customers and help them solve the GDPR challenge and save time and money. As everyone knows GDPR will be about keeping up with the requests and the extra load of working hours on the company. In some cased it will result into increase full time employees by 2 or 3 people just to keep abreast with GDPR.”
In case you are interested, we can provide you with a short demo of the software so that you can understand the benefits of such software. Drop us an email on infomalta@kyprianou.com or give us a call on +356 2016 1010. We would be more than happy to set up a meeting.
