As an employer, you may have a number of reasons for monitoring your staff. You may track email and internet use, perform spot checks or use CCTV and video surveillance. These may be legal or regulatory requirements in some sectors, and others may use such measures...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...