The Importance Of Data Protection

Question 1

Volume of data

Answer 1

• As the volume of data available to organisations increases, the importance of data protection increases

Question 2

Inndividuals expectations

Answer 2

• Individual expect data held by organisations is kept safe and shared appropriately

Question 3

Data protection legislation

Answer 3

• data protection legislation sets out specific principles organisations must adhere to if the process personal data

Question 4

Data protection regulations 2018

Answer 4

• organisations that process personal data must register with information commissioner’s office

Question 5

Breaches of data protection

Answer 5

• carry heavy penalties of up to 175 million, or 4% of total annual turnover, whichever is higher
• paying costs associated with incident management,
• compensation to data subjects
• lost business and reputation damage