Privacy can be a minefield for small businesses. The kinds of compliance processes that might be appropriate in larger organisations (quite rightly to avoid the business being open to too much risk), end up increasing the risk of failure in small organisations because the can slow down iteration speed on your product or service.
However, it’s still true that it’s no longer optional to protect the privacy of any individuals who you hold data on, and the penalties are severe enough that the financial and reputational risks are not something to be handled lightly. To make the overall situation worse, the landscape and regulatory requirements are regularly changing, especially as they adapt to changes in the wider ecosystem such as the rise of AI or browser changes triggered by the likes of Apple or Google.
In small organisations this responsibility often gets lost, either because it’s held by a founder or chief and always gets shunted down the priority list - or because it’s delegated to a data or customer team, who may not have prior expertise with privacy and might not know where to start.
If that feels familiar then we may be able to help. In particular we have experience of running lightweight compliance processes which can be an enabler for innovation rather than a blocker - and on top of that can put in place just enough governance to ensure that the risks associated with any data processing can be managed.
This can also run alongside, or form part of, a mentoring programme if the responsibility for GDPR compliance sits with your data function.
