Howard Freeman

Pub and restaurant chain apps are requiring such data as gender and marital status. This is raising eyebrows among privacy campaigners and industry analysts alike. The Information Commissioner’s Office warned that many pubs and restaurants were asking customers for...

Data Protection Law has changed in the United Kingdom as we have now left the European Union. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires organisations to create a GDPR and data retention policy's schedule. Its purpose is to help them manage the way they...

A so-called 'super committee' has been formed to scritinise the governments harm online strategy and approach. This committee will be made up of MP's and Lords. This new committee is now seeking input from the public about their views on the legislation. The...

A report from the House of Lords has criticised the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill. The criticism imposes duty of care on the tech platforms. This is when dealing with what has been called legal but harmful content. The claim is that the bill threatens...

New York Consumer Privacy Bill is to be Reintroduced On 13th May 2021, New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, the Chair of New York’s Consumer Protection Committee, reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (“NYPA”). The act is designed to be a comprehensive consumer...

A story from last month that Practice Hub, an online service for Chiropractors and other practices, was breached. Details emerged in May about a serious incident involving the Practice Hub data breach. We have been working to find out exactly what has happened and...

The Conservative party has been fined £10,000 for a breach of the PECR, the ICO announced today. The fine is for sending 51 marketing emails to people who did not want to receive them. The fine follows an ICO investigation relating to emails sent from the Conservative...

The 25th May 2018 saw the GDPR become enforced in law. But what exactly changed and where are we now? The flurry of emails demanding your consent to this that and the other have now ended thankfully. Businesses have now realised that consent is not the only way to...

The International Standard for Organisation develop and publish standards and has as its members 165 national standards bodies. Commonly known as the ISO derived from the Geek word 'isos', meaning equal. However, when is ISO not ISO and how can you tell the...

Small businesses are increasingly understanding the importance of ISO 27001, the international information security standard. However, many struggle to find the resources needed to commit to an implementation project of this type. Our team of experts will have you...