Key changes
The new requirements include key changes for Runnymede Council. From May 2018
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The council will have to show how it has complied with the new law
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Penalties will be significantly increased for any breach of the regulation - not just data breaches
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Security breach notifications will be a legal requirement - to be notified within 72 hours
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Charges will be removed in most cases for provision of records to residents, staff or service users who request them. Our council will have to waive the current £10 fee by 25 May 2018
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Runnymede Council will be required to keep records of data-processing activities
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High-risk processing will require a data protection impact assessment
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Data protection issues must be addressed in all information processes
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There will be specific requirements for transparency and fair processing
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There will be tighter rules where consent is the basis for processing
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Retention and the 'right to be forgotten'; the council must inform subjects on collection of the timeframe data will be retained
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Should the data subject subsequently wish to have their data removed, and the data is no longer required for the reasons it was collected, it must be erased.
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