London: Ipswitch has announced the results of a European online survey* to test the attitudes of IT professionals towards regulation and compliance issues for 2015. The results indicate a shocking lack of awareness and preparedness for the planned EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The regulation is due to come into effect in late 2014/early 2015 and is designed to unify and simplify data protection across 28 countries within the European Union (EU. The GDPR includes a strict data protection compliance regime with severe penalties of up to 100M EUR or up to five percent of worldwide turnover for organisations in breach of its rules.
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