https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/26492/whatsapp-email-and-phone-synching-and-gdpr A particular point made in the VPMA Webinar was in relation to the use of stuff that uses the Cloud, e.g. messaging and email and synching of phone/laptop/tablet/server data. It&#39;s not that consent may be needed because the data is probably pertinenten-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/189436?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:03:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:161b4ca8-e8cd-49f6-8ff9-eac48561c192J G Wray<p>The GDPR has come in to force because of a degree of cynicism about the Corporate, including Web company, handling of data. The onus will be on the business in question, the practice in question to show they have registered this processing of data and can give reasons why they believe it is secure.</p> <p>There is an industry , a criminal industry, which hold companies to ransom over their customers data. Those are the headlines the ICO read.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/189431?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:17:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:757c6ce1-e1ca-4800-955c-2db08095e6c4Edward Jones<p>Whatsapp has end-to-end encryption*. Email is like sending a postcard and is inherently insecure. Most large scale cloud providers will be committed to complying with GDPR, and will probably throw far more resources behind it than your average veterinary PMS provider.</p> <p>(*ironic that in one breath the government attacks whatsapp for using encryption, then with another produces legislation like GDPR that demands that data be held secure)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>