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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// FEATURE: DATA MANAGEMENT delete data if requested by the data subject. Finally, data cannot be used for any purpose other than the one for which explicit (not implied) consent was obtained. Technology companies such as Commvault are helping businesses to comply with GDPR regulations. For instance, Commvault has announced a new analytics portfolio of applications, capabilities, solutions and services for GDPR. This new portfolio includes applications and an application framework, new capabilities, solutions, and packaged service offerings created to help customers obtain improved data insights for compliance. Commvault’s analytics portfolio will empower its customers to simplify management of growing data amounts, and activate this data to reduce risk and improve business outcomes. The first application in the portfolio is for information governance and data privacy and was demonstrated at Commvault GO 2017. Fully integrated into the Commvault Data Platform, the new application offers customers the ability to identify, manage and reduce data privacy risks in compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Commvault’s new data privacy application can address many GDPR compliance challenges, enabling enterprises to better understand what personal data they have, respond to customer requests and meet GDPR obligations regarding the collection, storage and handling of personal data. “Transforming enterprise data into a strategic asset that can be used to cut costs, improve customer service, reduce risk exposure and otherwise increase stakeholder value is no longer a nice competitive advantage. It’s a requirement of success for today’s digital businesses,” said N Robert Hammer, Chairman, President and CEO of Commvault. “With the introduction of the new Commvault Data Analytics Portfolio and its first application, we are delivering on our vision to push Commvault further into the analytics space while providing customers with the mission-critical data capabilities needed to solve their real-world business challenges.” The general release of Commvault’s information governance for data privacy was expected to be available by the end of December. www.intelligentcio.com Dr Jacqui Taylor, founder of flyingbinary.com Intelligent CIO spoke to Dr Jacqui Taylor, founder of flyingbinary.com about the challenges European businesses might face in complying with GDPR. How will countries in Europe manage to adopt the principles of GDPR? Each of the European nation states have been preparing for GDPR legislation since the regulation was ratified by the European Parliament. This two-year window which closes on 24th May, 2018 has been used across Europe by regulators to provide guidance on what to expect and how to prepare. From 25th May, 2018, GDPR will be mandated for the management of personal data of all European citizens. Based on my involvement in the preparations of both organisations and the Information Commissioner’s Office, the readiness varies across the European countries. From a UK perspective, Brexit will have no impact on this transition as the UK is preparing to adopt and even reinforce the protections for citizens provided by GDPR. Do European businesses understand the link between complying with the GDPR regulations and leveraging for IoT? I believe that the predominant focus on GDPR has been on the reach this regulation has across the data value chain and of course, the size of the fines. My company, THE PREDOMINANT FOCUS ON GDPR HAS BEEN ON THE REACH THIS REGULATION HAS ACROSS THE DATA VALUE CHAIN AND OF COURSE, THE SIZE OF THE FINES. INTELLIGENTCIO 61