GDPR, Brexit keep compliance on its toes
By 
Dave Lefort2018-11-28T14:15:00
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and Britain’s upcoming divorce from the European Union both have a tremendous impact on European compliance, but strategizing solutions around either one has proven to be difficult due to a lack of guidance and, in the case of Brexit, just plain chaos.
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