Many business owners register with the data commissioner's office. After all that is a legal requirement of any business that holds personal information.
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) defines personal data as any data from which an individual can be identified.
Few understand the implications of registering. The registration fee is, at time of writing, just £35.00 and the fines for not doing so can be very significant.
You may not realise that you have a responsibility to protect personal data, or if you do, you may not know what that really means. You filled in the form, answered the questions and paid the fee. Done for another year right. Wrong!
Here are some simple steps you can take to prevent you from becoming the next news headline for sensitive data leakage.