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The real test of data protection compliance
Companies that fail to align their operational processes with their legal obligations may find that the gap between policy and reality is where liability arises.
With well over six years into the operation of the Data Protection Act, 2019, and with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) steadily asserting its enforcement mandate through a growing body of determinations, one message is clear; organisations handling personal data must do more than adopt policies and issue assurances of compliance.
They must demonstrate that their systems work in practice and that compliance is real, accessible, and effective from the perspective of the individual.
