Beware 'fake news' on GDPR, warns compliance lawyer Jonathan Armstrong

John Leonard
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Many companies have a false sense of security around compliance, warn industry insiders

Understandably, given that it is a 200-page document of fairly dense legalese, many people are a little fuzzy on the details of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into for...

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