Workers Not Prioritising GDPR

Despite the furore surrounding the introduction of the GDPR legislation earlier this year and the frantic efforts of many businesses to ensure they complied with the EU privacy laws, it seems that many office workers aren’t taking it quite as seriously.

A new survey by office products supplier Fellowes found that GDPR compliance falls quite a long way down the list for the majority of employees.

Day-to-day tasks such as office chores and meeting deadlines are of greater concern for most people, with 86 per cent of those surveyed stating that they are more likely to be reprimanded for failure in these areas, than for failure with GDPR compliance.

OPI revealed that the Fellowes research also found that just 29 per cent of people know that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure a company is GDPR compliant. 56 per cent of those questioned assumed it was the responsibility of management or the data protection officer.

Although the research was conducted in offices across Europe, HR Director highlighted some of the findings of the company’s investigations in the UK.

The publication revealed that 16 per cent of offices don’t have a shredder, while seven per cent have one that’s never used. Just over one-quarter also admitted that they throw confidential documents in the bin, or just ripped a few times.

Given that one law firm stated recently that it’s seen a ten-fold increase in the number of cyber security cases it’s handling since the introduction of GDPR, it’s worth ensuring that your house is in order.

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