20 June 2017 
Emma Keenan, Procurement Specialist
The new General Data Protection Regulation comes into force on 25th May 2018. It replaces and extends the responsibilities of the existing UK Data Protection Act and will bring the UK in line with the rest of Europe. There are some quite big changes to the legislation which will affect any of your suppliers handing personal data of any kind. The fine for not complying is up to €20m, a massive increase on the current £500k that can currently be enforced in the UK.
We will be working very closely with other groups in the sector to bring you as much information on this as possible over the next few months, however to start with, please see here an informative article from the Association of Heads of University Administraton which sets out the requirements well. If this is an area you feel you would benefit in some training please contact me.
