GDPR - don't ditch the data

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Peter Ruffley, chairman at Zizo, warns against the danger of letting IT departments have full say over GDPR compliance, at the risk of losing important data

Over the past decade, the vast majority of businesses have invested heavily in collecting reams of customer data; indeed, this data increasingly informs every aspect of business strategy. It may, t...

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