Daragh O Brien: Why data quality matters

Duff data represents a GDPR risk to organisations of all sizes, not just financial institutions

The Data Protection Commissioner issued a fine of €463,000 against Bank of Ireland for repeated personal data breaches affecting data that was being transferred to the Central Credit Register. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Our modern lives run on data that is either about us or affects us; this is why data quality is important. 

It is also why GPDR (the General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to ensure the integrity of data that they are processing or disclosing to others.