How does GDPR affects small businesses - with Sean Rogers of My Legal Club

What does it mean for small business owners in the UK right now and how is it potentially affecting them as we speak?

A lot of the rules in essence that were brought in are pretty similar to things that were in place. Anyway, the problem was that the Data Protection act wasn't really being enforced. It wasn't as public, I suppose in essence didn't really serve its purpose. And everyone knows everyone them, haven't they, the cold calls. Now I'm a practicing solicitor. I grew up I suppose in the law in the northwest doing claims and civil litigation. We all know about the, you know, the cold call on ppi, rta. Everyone's at them. So everyone can completely understand why data was of such importance at that level and cold call and nuisance calls. But then at the other end of the scale, and you're seeing stuff come out in the press today about Amazon, Google, loads of stuff to do with private health services, data being sold, information being sold and everything's gone on with Cambridge analytics, all sorts of stuff.

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My name's Sean Rogers, I'm based in Merseyside. Currently I'm in London waiting for my train home this evening. I founded a company called Mylegal Club. We are soon to be launching three other services. So we have my legal Club which is like a B2C. So personal, individual, one stop shop for legal solutions. In essence, any issues in your personal life, cover everything, divorce, probate, conveyancing, you name it. We also then have a number of business offerings where we have the Business Services Club that's free to use and any businesses that need anything, working capital and accountant, web design, graphic design, insurance, ELPL Insurance, you name it. We try and service every business need with an accredited panel. I know myself having a beauty parade of all the services you need for any business can be difficult, time consuming. So we put together an accredited panel of ours which we think deliver a great sweet spot on service and price so people can get freedom obligation quotes via the Business Services Club. And then we'll be launching an employee benefits product and we'll also be launching a business legal solution called the Business Legal Club for any HR needs. We're looking to provide some GDPR support and solutions within the business service club.

What does it mean for small business owners in the UK right now and how is it potentially affecting them as we speak?

A lot of the rules in essence that were brought in are pretty similar to things that were in place. Anyway, the problem was that the Data Protection act wasn't really being enforced. It wasn't as public, I suppose in essence didn't really serve its purpose and everyone knows everyone. The cold calls? No, I'm.