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Mimecast commits to GDPR
compliance for customers
joined the leadership team as the company’s Chief Trust Officer
and Data Protection Officer (DPO), driving the company’s efforts
to support GDPR.
Mimecast provides additional GDPR-related assurances in its
contracts with impacted customers who have personal data of EU
residents. The regulations impact African companies that deal with
European data.
The added controls that GDPR gives to individuals over how their
personal data is used impacts organisations globally, as it imposes
new obligations on companies and government agencies that
market, track or handle the personal data of EU residents.
Marc French, new Chief Trust Officer and
Data Protection Officer (DPO), Mimecast
M
imecast Limited, a leading email and data security company
which has a regional office in Dubai, has announced its
commitment to helping customers comply with the General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new European privacy
regulation due to take effect on May 25 this year. As part of this
commitment, Mimecast recently announced that Marc French has
Organisations must have appropriate technology and processes
in place to help secure the data and manage live and archived
copies meticulously. Hefty penalties can be levied against those
organisations that don’t comply.
Mimecast is committed to GDPR compliance across its solutions and
products when enforcement of the law comes into effect. Mimecast’s
portfolio of robust, cloud-based, cyber-resilience services for email
can help its customers with strategies for GDPR compliance.
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ICAEW says GCC deal flow unaffected
by introduction of VAT
Finance Faculty roundtable
about the impact of VAT on
deals in the GCC. ICAEW
members and guests gathered in
Dubai to discuss the impact the
introduction of VAT has had on
deals in the GCC. The event was
held at the Capital Club in the
Dubai International Financial
Centre (DIFC).
T
he recent introduction of 5% Value
Added Tax (VAT) in the KSA and UAE
has not impacted deal flow in the GCC
as the tax rate is relatively low compared
to global markets. But many companies
found themselves unprepared for the
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January 1 implementation date and are
now scrambling to ensure they become tax
compliant to avoid penalties.
This was the consensus during accountancy
and finance body ICAEW’s Corporate
Michael Armstrong, FCA and
ICAEW Regional Director for the
Middle East, Africa and South
Asia (MEASA), said: “We are
living in a very exciting period.
There is no doubt that VAT
implementation will improve
business conditions and create more stable
economies over the long run.” Panellists
applauded the UAE government’s efforts
to provide guidance to make the VAT
implementation process as easy as possible
for all stakeholders.
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