--- title: "Tuesday Buzz: Not Ready for GDPR? Same as Everyone Else" id: "42686" type: "post" slug: "tuesday-buzz-not-ready-for-gdpr-same-as-everyone-else" published_at: "2018-05-22T22:06:45+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T21:59:16+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2018/05/22/tuesday-buzz-not-ready-for-gdpr-same-as-everyone-else/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2018/05/22/tuesday-buzz-not-ready-for-gdpr-same-as-everyone-else.md" excerpt: "Most organizations are still unprepared for GDPR, even with the deadline drawing close. Find out what is standing in their way. Also: A Chicago municipal agency auctions off a contemporary painting for $21 million." taxonomy_category: - "Marketing / Communications" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Compliance" - "GDPR" - "privacy" - "Technology" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "C-Level" - "Director" - "Executive Team" - "VP" taxonomy_persona: - "Executive Leadership" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Tuesday Buzz: Not Ready for GDPR? Same as Everyone Else The General Data Protection Regulation’s compliance deadline of May 25 is only days away now. But a new study reports that most organizations aren’t ready. ISACA recently [conducted a global survey (opens in a new tab)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180517005449/en/Survey-1-3-Companies-Ready-25-GDPR) and found that only 29 percent of companies will be GDPR compliant by this Friday. “Not only are most unprepared for the deadline, but only around half of the companies surveyed (52 percent) expect to be compliant by end-of-year 2018, and 31 percent do not know when they will be fully compliant,” ISACA says in a press release. The ISACA survey reports that the biggest challenges to compliance are data discovery, prioritizing GDPR compliance, and company education. “Employee awareness and education are critical components of ongoing GDPR compliance,” said Chris K. Dimitriadis, chair of ISACA’s GDPR Working Group. “Awareness of—and commitment to—well-defined security, data management, and privacy policies and procedures clearly need to be an integral part of every organization’s culture, from the top down.” ### 900X Return > A municipal agency in Chicago discovered it had a nice problem on its hands: One of its paintings was too valuable to keep on the wall [https://t.co/Zc6GdRqBRR (opens in a new tab)](https://t.co/Zc6GdRqBRR) > > — NYT National News (@NYTNational) [May 18, 2018 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/NYTNational/status/997295778526912512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **The Chicago Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority** just received a thrilling windfall. In 1997, the [municipal agency bought a Kerry James Marshall (opens in a new tab)](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/arts/design/marshall-sothebys-auction.html) painting called “Past Times” for $25,000. The agency just sold it at a Sotheby’s auction for $21.1 million to a private buyer, according to *The New York Times*. Before the authority decided to auction the piece, officials wondered if it was appropriate to keep the painting at the McCormick Place Convention Center, where it hung with minimal protection. “We’re not a museum,” said Lori Healey, the authority’s chief executive, in an interview. “We’re a convention center. We’re not set up to display a piece of art of this value.” ### Other Links of Note **Is there a rise in demand for your organization’s services?** *Beth’s Blog* shares tips for [increasing capacity (opens in a new tab)](http://www.bethkanter.org/wellbeing-capacity/) . **Creating thought leadership content is a great way to build credibility.** PR blog *Spin Sucks* provides [steps for generating great content (opens in a new tab)](https://spinsucks.com/communication/peso-model-thought-leadership/) . **Is “sweatworking” the new networking?** *Moneyish* reveals how fitness classes like SoulCycle [act as an alternative to traditional meet and greets (opens in a new tab)](https://moneyish.com/upgrade/sweatworking-is-the-new-networking/) . (SBphotos/iStock/Getty Images Plus) [Raegan Johnson](https://associationsnow.com/author/raegan-johnson/) Raegan Johnson is a contributor to Associations Now. 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