GDPR/DPA

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK Data Protection Act 2018 came into full effect on 25 May 2018. We have developed a suite of support materials and resources to help your organisation understand and comply with the new data protection framework.

Guidance Notes

Exclusive to MRS Members and Accredited Company Partners, these specialist Guidance Notes provide detailed interpretation and application of the data protection framework to the insight sector.

•  MRS Guidance Note - Controllers and Processors (PDF) January 2020

GDPR in Brief Series

Exclusive to MRS Members and Accredited Company Partners, our data privacy experts have produced the GDPR in Brief Series for interpreting the regulation in the context of the insight sector.

The series includes:

• GDPR in Brief No.1 – Overview of Data Protection Reform
• GDPR In Brief No.2 – Compliance Checklist
• GDPR In Brief No.3 - Data Processors
• GDPR In Brief No.4 - Data Protection Officer
• GDPR In Brief No.5 - Informed Consent
• GDPR In Brief No.6 - Informed Consent Checklist 
• GDPR In Brief No.7 - Transparent Privacy Information Notices
• GDPR In Brief No.8 - Personal Data Breach
• GDPR In Brief No.9 - Personal Data Breach Checklist
• GDPR in Brief No.10 - Collection of Ethnic Data and Other Special Category Data

You can access the guidace here:

For Individual Membership access click here.
For Company Partner access click here.