What does the end of the Brexit transition period mean for businesses? The UK is the first and, to date, only country to formally leave the EU, after 47 years of membership. Withdrawal took place on 31 January 2020 and the Brexit transition period expires on 31...
Data Protection in Your Business
The ABC(DEF) of NHS Test and Trace
Earlier this week, the government announced that it will make systems for the collation of NHS Test and Trace data mandatory for hospitality businesses such as restaurants and pubs from next Friday (18th September). Although participation by the customer is still...
Data Protection: what to consider when your employees return to the workplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEXFrtAc7Q&t=2s Earlier today, I attended my regular meet up of data protection professionals in the south west. A topic of discussion was the balance of employee safety and our obligations to data subjects, specifically in...
Data Protection Fee and Fines: Why you should pay up (on time!)
If you thought they wouldn’t fine you… think again. In November 2018, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued its first fines to organisations that failed to pay the data protection fee. I know what you are expecting – a handful of fines to make an example...
The Morrisons Effect
Imagine the scenario ... the personal data of nearly 100,000 employees is misused in a catastrophic data breach. But, this was not the action of an illusive hacker looking for financial reward. This person was a person on your payroll - a disgruntled employee whose...
Facebook’s New Data Policy Explained
In the wake of a tricky few months for Mr Z following ‘THAT’ scandal, Facebook announced its new Data Policy in April this year. Its intention is to be more transparent to Facebook users – so what does it say? THE BASICS Who is Facebook? Facebook is more than just...
GDPR in Court: Germany’s Approach to Data Minimisation and Purpose Limitation
Earlier this month, the Regional Court of Bonn in Germany highlighted the importance of data minimisation and purpose limitation in Europe’s first ever ruling to apply the GDPR principles. ICANN, a non-profit organisation that coordinates the assignment of domain...
New kid on the block – Data Protection Act 2018
As “GDPR” fast becomes 2018 acronym of the year, the Data Protection Act 2018 has been somewhat neglected in the round-robin emails clogging our inboxes. But, what is it and should you pay attention? The DPA 2018 is the UK's domestic data protection law. In...