edders23 wrote:
No as I read it we are exempt from the asking permission thing but not from the rest of it. Every place you look seems to be a different interpretation
today I got an email from a charitable organisation I am a member of telling me that unless I fill out a form and "opt in" my details will be deleted from their database and I will no longer receive the quarterly magazine
I think for customer data as long as they are placing an order that is OK but driver data we will still need to get permission to retain their details on file. I have decided to remove any files from my computer containing driver information. I don't think legally i have to retain records of their home address do I ?
Just me and the Missus drives for me so no driver details.
I think the fear factor is coming from those legals and web designers trying to frighten us into buying a policy or protection plan we really don't need.
I don't think we'll be in much trouble unless we do something stupid and release private Information on somebody,
I really cant think I've ever had anyone come back to me and ask me to remove their Personal details from my books.
As far as I can see it's not the not having of a GDPR policy that will affect us but being caught inadvertently releasing it to a third party without it's owners consent..that seems to be the punishable crime.
I now have nothing on my PC that has Personal Information on it, I even binned my Emails with any form of Customer Names on them, my few invoiced personal accounts are backed up away from the PC so can't be hacked.
If that's not enough then this nonsense will destroy the livelyhoods of Hundreds of thousands of small UK Business's who just can't afford to meet the GDPR criteria.
Though what I read it's not the wee man they are looking for, It's the bigger boys making money from selling or losing your Information..the kind of personal information that many Local authorities and government bodies lose with alarming regularity.