SPONSORED: Resellers ambivalent about whether GDPR will have teeth, CPI research finds

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GDPR is being hailed as 'data protection on steroids', but the majority of IT suppliers questioned in a recent CRN/SolarWinds MSP study believe rule flouters will not be punished

Less than a fifth of IT resellers, MSPs and consultancies across Europe believe the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have real teeth when it comes into play on 25 May 2018. That's according to new research from CPI and CRN, which quizzed over 250 resellers and other channel firms in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. "Most of the market believe there will be a period of grace," - marketing director/CMO, UK consultancy The research, carried out in Se...

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