Many AU companies need 14+ months to be GDPR compliant, deadline is May 2018 | IT Brief Australia

Posted by Steven Kirby | Sep 21, 2017 | Australia, Compliance, GDRP, IT Brief Australia, Privacy | 0 |

Organisations that are not yet GDPR compliant estimate it will take an average of seven months. AU businesses say they need double the time.

Source: IT Brief Australia – Many AU companies need 14+ months to be GDPR compliant, deadline is May 2018

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