Naomi Korn Associates are specialists in copyright, data protection and licensing, helping clients manage their rights and privacy responsibilities. The below blog looks at the importance of data protection to artists.
It has been over a year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was transposed into legislation across EEA member countries and in the UK as the Data Protection Act 2018. The Act confirms data management as vital, both in terms of commercial strategy of businesses and safeguarding data as something that is personal and not something which is vague and disposable. When processing data we are processing the details of a person’s life and so care should be given as if the details are our own.
