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On 17 September, Bitkom will host the 5th Privacy Conference. In advance of the conference we are talking with some speakers about current privacy issues, the impact of the GDPR and their expectations to the #pco19. Today in the interview: Dave Horton, Solutions Engineering Manager, CISSP, CIPP/E, CIPM, OneTrust

On 17 September, Bitkom will host the 5th Privacy Conference. In advance of the conference we are talking with some speakers about current privacy issues, the impact of the GDPR and their expectations to the #pco19. Today in the interview: Dr Carlo Piltz, Salary Partner, Team Leader Cybersecurity & Data Protection at reuschlaw Legal Consultants

More than one year ago, the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect. However, many companies are still struggling with the practical implementation and only a comparatively small number of companies feel that they have implemented the new rules in full compliance with the law. This is also a result of the many open questions concerning the correct application of the GDPR.

The Bundestag recently passed the second Data Protection Adaptation and Implementation Act, according to which companies with fewer than 20 employees will no longer be obliged to establish a data protection officer. Bitkom comments on the adaptation of data protection law.

Since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, companies have had to increasingly deal with new data protection rules. Often there is a lack of suitable staff.