Data mapping (finding out what personal data your organisation processes) is often cited as one of the first tasks to tackle in a data protection compliance plan.
Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) requires data controllers and processors to have a written record of data processing activities and the records must be made available to the supervisory authority on request.
Data mapping can be an enormous and time-consuming task. Despite the challenges, understanding and documenting the purposes of processing, the processing that takes place and the data involved provides a great basis for UK GDPR compliance.
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