Venuedirectory.com guides planners through GDPR changes with new Brexit data protection checklist
Event planners can ensure they address the changes in UK and EU data protection regulations quickly and efficiently with a new checklist.
Venuedirectory.com has partnered with Smartec to provide a Brexit data protection checklist detailing the immediate steps that organisations should now take in order to deal with changes in data regulations following the recent EU trade deal. The checklist helps planners to determine the need to appoint an EU representative, what data sets to review and how to update privacy notices.
The UK’s GDPR regulations are now separate from the EU’s GDPR regulations, following the trade deal which came into effect on 1 January this year. This means that there are now two data protection legislations instead of just one - UK GDPR covering individuals in the UK and EU GDPR for individuals in the EU.
Venuedirectory, the largest data centre of venue information about the UK MICE industry, recently held a series of webinars in conjunction with Smartec to guide event planners through the actions now required to ensure compliance. One topic that attendees particularly focused on was the need to appoint an EU representative.
Michael Begley, managing director of venuedirectory.com, explains: “It was clear from the feedback to our recent webinars that there is great demand in understanding the full detail around the data protection requirements businesses now need to meet. These requirements may vary from one business to another depending on the size of the business, the frequency of data handling and the global range of data.
“Questions we received around the appointment of an EU representative focused on the legal obligations they need to undertake, in which EU country they should reside, whether the representative should be an individual or a company, and any exemptions to the appointment. We’ve worked with data protection experts Smartec to answers these questions and more in significant detail.
“Finally, we’d urge event professionals to act now, using this current time when meetings and events are currently on hold, in order to ensure they’re fully prepared with the correct elements in place in order to do business again once live events are back on the agenda.”
Watch The Effect of Brexit on UK – EU data webinar here.
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