IT Support Services: The Compliance Challenges Your Business Faces In 2021 Businesses have encountered exceptionally challenging circumstances during the year. However, in 2021 the most recent business challenge might be a little bit more common. Yes, compliance problems are set to rear their nasty head yet again in the New Year. Increasing protocols and a new normal after Covid-19, we outline the four crucial privacy challenges your business will face while working into 2021, and how you can be able to overcome them so that they’re not wedged out later down the line. So, below are 4 compliance challenges your business might be facing in 2021.
1. Problems with Privacy Shield and data transfer to America The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that US surveillance regulations do not provide passive protection for EU personal data. This decision will affect any business that transfers personal data not only to the US – but is also external to the European Union. This means businesses required evaluating, how their data is being protected by countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or where there are problems to secure sufficient protections are in place. Businesses should now analyze all data transfers, understanding where the Privacy Shield is depending on upon, and classify third countries to which data is being moved. Focus seriously on data that is transferred to the US after this current judgement.
2. DSARs are increasing With the redundancy and workers on the furlough scheme due to Covid-19, this means that there has been a huge increase in data subject access requests (DSARs). According to a new study by Data Protection Officers (DPOs) working in public bodies and government departments, it has already been claimed that they are being overwhelmed by data subjects, to know what data to put on them has gone. The number of DSARs has doubled in the two years since the GDPR came into law. Most businesses are not set up for this multitude of requests, to ensure that your business has its own records of processing activities and retention policies well defined and actionable before any potential requests are hit. The entire situation has been further affected by the unique level of staff turnover due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Disgruntled former employees are likely to suffer harm because they know their own DSARs can cause issues. (Know More)