Get to Grips with
Data Protection

Cork Chamber and it@cork are conducting research on GDPR readiness and priorities with SMEs in the Cork region in advance of hosting a joint GDPR seminar. Get to Grips with Data Protection is a half day event on September 28th that will give companies a clear picture of how this legislation will impact them and how to respond. By completing the survey you will help inform the seminar presentations but will also contribute to wider support responses by industry bodies and will be fed back to the Data Protection Commission. We appreciate your input to help us get as full and accurate a barometer reading as possible.

All responses are confidential, with the option of remaining anonymous.

Thank you for taking part.

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* 1. Which is the primary sector your company operates in? (select only one)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Industry

Construction

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles

Transportation and storage

Accommodation and food service activities

Information and communication

Financial, insurance and real estate activities

Professional, scientific and technical activities

Administrative and support service activities

Public administration and defence, compulsory social security

Education

Human health and social work activities

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How many employees in your organisation?

1-10

11-50

51-250

250-500

+500

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* 3. How familiar are you with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

Extremely familiar - have a detailed knowledge of the regulation and how it will impact my company

Very familiar - have a working knowledge but still have more to learn

Somewhat familiar - know some details and how it will impact my company

Not so familiar - have heard about it but don't know the details

Not at all familiar - no awareness to date

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* 4. How prepared is your business to meet the compliance deadline of May 25, 2018?

We have developed plans, but not started the compliance process

We have initiated the process of being compliant, but not confident of meeting the deadline

We’re well into the process and confident of being compliant by the deadline

We believe we’re in compliance today

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* 5. What actions have you taken to prepare for GDPR (tick all that apply)?

Nothing/ Checked the deadline

Talked to informed colleagues or peers, attended a GDPR event and/or undertaken some online research

Assigned responsibility for compliance to a competent staff member/appointed a DPO and/or hired external expertise

Initiated the process and begun documenting it with a Data Protection register

Reviewed and updated procedures for obtaining explicit consent when collecting data

Completed a data audit and classification and undertaken risk analysis/Privacy Impact Assessment

Assessed arrangements for sharing data outside our company with processors and 3rd parties

Designed databases and applications to have default privacy enabled, including 3rd party IT solutions

Set up a data breach response plan

Provided employees with training on handling personal data and our protection policies and procedures

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* 6. What are your biggest challenges in becoming compliant? (Rank 1 - 6, 1 being the most significant)

IT solutions

Expert staff with critical skills

Management support

Reliable understanding of regulations

Cost of becoming compliant

Other (please specify below)

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* 7. If you identified another challenge in Q6, please specify

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* 8. What are your concerns about the impact of GDPR on your business?

Data protection may impede ability to market our products/services

Cost of resources required to maintain compliance

Working with 3rd party data service providers

Data portability and selling overseas

Penalties for non-compliance

Damage to reputation from breach or difficulties with responding to personal data requests etc.

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Which of the following do you see as the biggest security threat to your data? (Rank 1 - 5, 1 being the most threatening)

Cyber crime

Accidental loss/breach caused by employee behaviour

Deliberate theft by employees

Competitors

Customers

Government

Other

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* 10. If you identified another threat in Q9, please specify

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* 11. In the context of GDPR, which of these topics do you understand least and would like more information on? (select all that apply)

Data minimisation

Explicit and implicit consent

Privacy by Design and default

Right to erasure or to be forgotten

Data Privacy Impact Analysis (DPIA)

Principles based vs rules based

3rd Party processor obligations

Data subject rights & portability

What is a DPO and do I need one?

How I respond to a citizens request for data after May next year?

What if any are the upsides for businesses in GDPR?

Other (please specify)

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* 12. If you would like to be contacted about data protection events and training by Cork Chamber and it@cork please enter your email address below.
We will not use your address for any other purpose or pass to a 3rd party. We will delete addresses gathered from the survey after May 2018.

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* 1. Which is the primary sector your company operates in? (select only one)

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* 2. How many employees in your organisation?

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* 3. How familiar are you with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

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* 4. How prepared is your business to meet the compliance deadline of May 25, 2018?

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* 5. What actions have you taken to prepare for GDPR (tick all that apply)?

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* 6. What are your biggest challenges in becoming compliant? (Rank 1 - 6, 1 being the most significant)

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* 7. If you identified another challenge in Q6, please specify

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* 8. What are your concerns about the impact of GDPR on your business?

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* 9. Which of the following do you see as the biggest security threat to your data? (Rank 1 - 5, 1 being the most threatening)

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* 10. If you identified another threat in Q9, please specify

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* 11. In the context of GDPR, which of these topics do you understand least and would like more information on? (select all that apply)

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* 12. If you would like to be contacted about data protection events and training by Cork Chamber and it@cork please enter your email address below.We will not use your address for any other purpose or pass to a 3rd party. We will delete addresses gathered from the survey after May 2018.

* 12. If you would like to be contacted about data protection events and training by Cork Chamber and it@cork please enter your email address below.
We will not use your address for any other purpose or pass to a 3rd party. We will delete addresses gathered from the survey after May 2018.