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Publication date January 9, 2018 Flipboard Reddit Pinterest WhatsApp E-mail If the implementation of the GDPR next May is rather an angry subject for brands, consumers are extremely interested in the possibility of questioning companies about the personal information they hold about them and by the new powers that this regulation will grant them.
According to a new study published by Pegasystems, 82% of European consumers intend to exercise their new rights to limit or even delete their information stored Country Email List and used by companies. The new European regulations (GDPR) which will come into force in May 2018 will allow them to regain control of all their personal data: name, address, telephone number, but also purchases made, web pages visited and location in real time.
It is up to companies to comply, otherwise they will incur penalties that could amount to several millions. Unfortunately, most, hampered by legacy IT systems operating in silos, are not able to effectively find all the locations where this data has been stored. So, while companies around the world reorganize their infrastructures as best they can before being bombarded with requests from their customers, some, like Gartner , are already predicting that more than half of them will not be ready on D-day.
According to a new study published by Pegasystems, 82% of European consumers intend to exercise their new rights to limit or even delete their information stored Country Email List and used by companies. The new European regulations (GDPR) which will come into force in May 2018 will allow them to regain control of all their personal data: name, address, telephone number, but also purchases made, web pages visited and location in real time.
It is up to companies to comply, otherwise they will incur penalties that could amount to several millions. Unfortunately, most, hampered by legacy IT systems operating in silos, are not able to effectively find all the locations where this data has been stored. So, while companies around the world reorganize their infrastructures as best they can before being bombarded with requests from their customers, some, like Gartner , are already predicting that more than half of them will not be ready on D-day.