We are being told that we have to protect customer data and also that we should only retain it for a few months, my customer list gos back to 2006 is there any way to purge this and also is there a way to set up an automatic purge after say 4 months.
Thanks
Russell.
GDPR is about SO much more than this ! (This is by no means a complete list and is not given with any warranty of legal correctness)
1) Anyone, anywhere in the world, processing personal data for any individual based in the EU needs to comply with GDPR. In theory, this covers pretty much any website anywhere in the world but unless you are based within the EU or are a larger company, there are questions over how it will be enforced but if information is disclosed illegally, for example via