Oh #GDPR that elephant in the room … or might that be the elephant constantly pounded thier way towards you?<\/p>\n
It seems as if everyone has heard about #GDPR – that “stop spamming me thing” – well it’s not quite that simple.<\/p>\n
Actually the level of engagement in this topic was much lower than others and many of the contributions were offered by #GDPR consultancies and service providers. There certainly is alot of support out there and for some – a business opportunity. For others, a real headache.<\/p>\n
Julie kicked-off by providing a link to FAQs for charities, that can be accessed here.<\/a>\u00a0@TrusteeLeaders provided useful IoF guidelines, here\u00a0<\/a>and @CT_ Charities suggested looking a\u00a0 We had our first tumbleweed moment. Some of you might know that Julie and I, usually meet for a drink to host #trusteehour and we soon realised that our drinks were going down quicker than normal. We are usually huddled around our smartphone, with a little glance at each other when the conversation hots up. Well we kept waiting, until we had a positive tweet from @BruceTaitAssoc.<\/p>\n Nooooo! Reason number 1 to LOVE GDPR instead… it allow charities to have an honest and transparent relationship with their stakeholders and donors #trusteehour<\/a> #gdpr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BTA (BruceTaitAssoc) (@BruceTaitAssoc) March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is another positive perspective from @CT_charities, who see it as an opportunity to spring clean the mailing list:<\/p>\n All #charities<\/a> may want to use the opportunity that #gdpr<\/a> gives to have a spring clean of their mailing list. After all, the utopia of have a 💯 accurate mailing list with client prefs would be a heavenly aim #trusteehour<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 C+T Charities (@CT_charities) March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n @Osborn_Jo asked whether charities are completing ‘Privacy Impact Assessments’ before any new projects? Perhaps that is something we could look at a later date.<\/p>\n We were delighted when @BruceTaitAssoc provided 3 tips for planning:<\/p>\n How about 3 tips for planning: \u2014 BTA (BruceTaitAssoc) (@BruceTaitAssoc) March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is a good concluding tweet from @talktokieran below. Many contributors turned it into a positive and remarked \u00a0that its manageable if tackled “one piece at a time”.<\/span><\/p>\n @trusteehour<\/a> #GDPR<\/a> has changed the way that organisation\u2019s can use personal data – but this only means that personal consent is key. Shouldn\u2019t we always have been doing this already? As a consumer I like this. As #trustee<\/a>, I love it! #trusteehour<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kieran Daly – Social Innovation (@talktokieran) March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n …. We should embrace it.<\/em> We will certainly be returning to this topic and hopefully more people will want to participate. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oh #GDPR that elephant in the room … or might that be the elephant constantly pounded thier way towards you? It seems as if everyone has heard about #GDPR – that “stop spamming me thing” – well it’s not quite that simple. Actually the level of engagement in this topic was much lower than others … Continue reading Reflections on #Trusteehour 6: on the topic of #GDPR – offering help and support to charity trustees, 2 months to go!<\/span> @<\/s>ICOnews<\/b><\/a> resource that contains data processing maps and other free tools to download, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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\n1 Ask yourself if GDPR applies to you. If it does, start planning your GDPR journey.
\n2 Establish who is going to do the planning and who you need to take with you on your journey.
\n3 Ask yourself what you want it to look like when you get there.<\/p>\n\n