Industry comment from Arbor Networks - new UK data protection bill
September 2017 by Darren Anstee, Chief Technology Officer at Arbor Networks
Following the publication of the new UK data protection bill, the comments from Darren Anstee, chief technology officer at Arbor Networks.
“Over the past 20 years, technology has transformed the world as we know it and with the looming GDPR it’s good to see UK government clarifying a way forward for the DPA. Most business are (hopefully) already on their way to putting the right frameworks, processes and controls in place to comply, given the deadline of May 2018. For businesses that need to overhaul their processes, that window is enough time to really move the needle – but they need to act now. That starts with four big questions. What data do we store? Do we need to store this data? Is that data secure? Do we share it, why and who with? Once businesses understand the answers to these questions, they will be better placed to get the correct defences and incident response plan in place.
“What this bill does is provide some clarity around the exemptions that were a part of the DPA, given the adoption of GDPR, which can only be a good thing for UK research and business.”