In the picture, you can see Juha Oravala, the managing partner at D-Fence.
D-Fence is a Finnish company. It provides companies of both small and medium-size support services in making sure their company is GDPR compliant. Many companies are facing problems with becoming GDPR compliant. Good news is, that by using the services of a company like D-Fence they can avoid problems and fines in the future.
In order to take a closer look at the new GDPR law made by the European Union, we asked Juha Oravala, managing partner at D-Fence for an interview. In this interview, we will present some key questions about the General Data Protection Act. (GDPR)
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“What is in your opinion the most important aspect of the new GDPR law?”
– Juha Oravala: “Increased safety of all registrants i.e. people in the European Union. Including companies and protecting all, private person or whatever entity. On the other hand, many organizations, small business especially think it costs a lot of extra work for them. At least here in Finland, a lot of companies think GDPR is denying work or restricting it. This is due to a lack of information. This causes confusion and miscommunication and miscalculation, that’s the bad side to it.”
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“Are you confident that businesses will be willing and able to comply with this regulation?”
– Juha Oravala: “Yes, I am, there is no other choice. I believe the demand doesn’t come from fines. It comes from the clients and partners. Such as having a wide range of network might help you get to a pool of right consumers for your product or service.”
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“What tools does your company utilize to help make customers GDPR compliant?”
– Juha Oravala: “We have an easy GDPR service to take control of all the GDPR requirements easily. Everything is already done, templates already filled in. So, all they have to do is walk through the data flow. There is a customer register they open it and there are clear instructions for them. First, they simply get to understand the regulation or ACT, you can’t follow if you don’t understand. Through our service they easily understand what’s it about, fill the required information if not filled earlier and it’s that easy. That’s why it’s called easy GDPR cause it’s easy. It doesn’t take a lot of time and easy to keep up with the requirements.
One of the reasons why it’s popular is because it is easy to use. E.g. we got 500 clients this Spring itself. We also offer expert support other than GDPR, assistance to questions such as what should they do for marketing campaigns and so on. The price depends on the company.
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“Does the GDPR affect companies differently in different EU countries?”
– Juha Oravala: “ guess more or less its same, but does it affect the same way. Maybe there are national habits how you follow certain laws, some countries follow it very accurately, others less accurately, so it’s hard to say. I think it’s more like risk-management if you are an entrepreneur you will confront risk every day in business as well as on a larger scale. Why take more risks, since fewer risk results in better sleep.”
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“What challenges does GDPR present and what do you think the future will bring with these new regulations?”
– Juha Oravala: “It will escalate in long-term to the global policies regarding data security. The rest of the world looks upon Europe, we are an example for others. So, if all goes well the rest of the world will follow us. This would ensure safety and would benefit everyone, not the criminals but since there have been cyber threats and big amount of money has been lost to criminal acts, in long-term it is in everyone’s benefit. I think it will escalate and the rest of the world will follow us with a few exceptions of the tax paradise, those might not follow. However, there will be a lot of hassle going and when the first fine is given, rest of the companies would open their eyes and put everything together, there are always some that would do it only when it is really necessary.”
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