1996 – DQM GRC founded by Peter Galdies to protect the valuable data assets of commercial organisations
1996 – DQM GRC introduces the first commercial data tracking service
1996 – 36 million internet users (0.9% of the world’s population)1
1998 – UK Data Protection Act 1998
2003 – DQM GRC acquires Data Quality Management Ltd to expand growing commercial audit services
2004 – ‘Web 2.0’ websites featuring user-generated content become commonplace
2004 – DQM GRC becomes UK’s largest auditor of commercial data use
2005 – Over 1 billion internet users (15.7% of the world’s population)
2011 – DQM GRC creates DataIQ to promote best practice in the emerging data profession
2012 – DQM GRC creates the Secure Data Hub – an innovative service combining secure data distribution with embedded data tracking
2012 – EU announces intention to create the GDPR
2015 – DataIQ divested to allow DQM GRC to focus on Data Governance and Compliance
2016 – GDPR Radar™ gap analysis tool launched to help organisations prepare for GDPR Compliance
2018 – EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented across Europe
2018 – UK Data Protection Act 2018 implemented
2018 – DQM GRC Creates award winning Privacy-by-Design Programme
2019 – GRC International acquires DQM GRC
2020 – New product launches include Brexit Readiness Assessment, EU-US Data Transfers Assessment and Action Plan and Cookie Assessment
2020 – DQM GRC delivers world’s first mixed media remote learning Privacy-by-Design programme
1Internet statistics from Internet World Stats, https://www.globalpolicy.org/tables-and-charts-ql/27519-internet-users.html