Risking GDPR Penalties By Not Wiping The Memory From Old It Equipment
In The Two Months Following The Introduction Of GDPR, 45% Of Hospitality Businesses Have Failed To Wipe The Memory Off Redundant It Equipment Before Disposal.
Despite GDPR legislation having come into effect over four months ago, the majority of UK hospitality businesses are now risking penalties by failing to adhere to some of the rules.
According to a survey of 1,002 UK workers in full or part-time employment, carried out by Probrand.co.uk, a large proportion (45%) of businesses in the hospitality industry failed to wipe the data from IT equipment they disposed of in the two months following GDPR.
This news is perhaps less surprising given the research also found that 97% of hospitality businesses surveyed did not have an official process or protocol for disposing of obsolete IT equipment. What's more, 97% of hospitality workers admit they wouldn't even know who to approach within their company in order to correctly dispose of old or unusable equipment.
Worryingly, according to the data, hospitality businesses are one of the industries most likely not to wipe existing data off old IT equipment.
