What is personal data?
Personal data includes anything that could be used to identify a living individual - from a phone number or email address to a picture to more sensitive information such as credit card details and what’s called ‘special category data’ such as date of birth, race & ethnicity.
It’s not just about your customers or clients but colleagues, suppliers, competitors or anyone else you deal with in the course of your work. Find out more about
personal data.
I’m responsible for data protection in my small business, what else do I need to do?
If you are responsible for data protection in your small business, find out how else you can
protect personal data when your team is working from home.
If you are new to data protection, we have may more
resources to help you get to grips with the regulations and what you need to do. You can also complete our FREE
GDPR compliance checklist to see what parts of GDPR you have in place and where you need to take action.
If your team need further training,
subscribe to our app where you will get full access to our suite of training materials with the ability to track and record who has completed their training so you can demonstrate this to the UK regulator, the ICO, as well as your clients.
About Astrid
Astrid is a secure online platform that makes data protection compliance simple. Developed with small businesses in mind, we provide you all the tools and guidance small businesses need to become and remain compliant with data protection legislation. Find out more about
our app.
Subscribe now to get your small business compliant and safeguard your reputation, your finances and your business. With prices starting from £225 a year, it’s a small price to pay to protect yourself from potential prosecution and penalty fees.