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The lockdown is all but at an end in England. Many businesses reopened on 4th July, with the government allowing pubs, restaurants, cinemas, museums and hotels to reopen. Part of the conditions attached to this are that pubs will collect your personal data. The...
Privacy notices are an important part of your compliance work. Your privacy notice will explain to the audience how data protection principles are applied in your business and how personal data is processed. A privacy notice is published whilst a Privacy Policy is an...
A government report (National Cyber Security Centre[NCSC]) published in the last 12 months highlighted a plethora of cyber risks businesses are being placed at. Specifically, according to HISCOX in the UK, one small business is hacked...
Getting protected with Cyber Essentials Businesses are at risk of being hacked by cyber criminals. In fact, some statistics indicate that cyber criminals are successful in hacking a business every 19 seconds. As an SME business, whatever sector you work in,...
We're delighted to announce our partnership with Pollard Safety Services to deliver Health and Safety Services to you across the UK. Health and Safety is a complex field and one that could be keeping you awake at night, but there is no need for it to. At Pollard...
You have become the victim of a ransomware attack. What is your plan for responding to a ransomware attack? The challenge is to protect your valuable data whilst managing the budget for doing so. With threats rising and budgets falling, this is not an easy task....
Maze ransomware group has published personal and medical details of thousands of former patients of a medical research firm. This follows a ransomware attack on the business. The Maze ransomware group attacked the computer systems of Hammersmith Medicines...
What Landlords need to do in order comply with GDPR and how a specialist agent can help without breaking the bank. What is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and...
Landlords, be they small investors or portfolio landlords are businesses and are required to be compliant to the GDPR. We have three unique offerings to help all landlords become compliant to the GDPR. The pack is designed to help landlords adopt practices that ensure...
With the current challenges we are facing, brought about Coronavirus, Covid-19, working from home is now mainstream. But, what does this mean to your data security, GDPR and do you have a working from home policy in place that all staff can understand? Children and...
GDPR Data Breach Support Service Identifying a data breach under the GDPR is not easy and you must fully understand it in order to remedy and report. How do you follow the process for GDPR breach reporting? Therefore, you need to who has been affected? What is the...
Identifying a data breach under the GDPR - who has been affected, how extensive it is and how it happened – within 72 hours can pose a challenge for any business. With the threat of a data breach becoming increasingly imminent, it’s vital that your organisation is...
This service is a cost-effective way for data controllers to accommodate DSAR’s (Data Subject Access Requests) and comply with Article 15 of the EU GDPR. Accommodating DSARs The EU GDPR requires you to respond quickly and effectively, to be precise, 30 days to...
A GDPR gap analysis is a method of assessing the differences in performance between a business being complaint or not. This is to determine whether business requirements are being met. If they are not then what steps should be taken to ensure they are met...
Why is a Data Protection Health Check important? GDPR, other regulations and data protection best practices are not one time operations. They aren't set and forget They are on-going, living projects that require constant attention and maintenance. The GDPR Compliance...
CIVIL CODE - CIV DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3273] ( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. ) PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738 - 3273] ( Part 4 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 1.81.5. California Consumer Privacy Act of...
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office said it is “business as usual for data protection”. The EU General Data Protection Regulation will continue to apply as the United Kingdom has now left the European Union. A Brexit transition has now begun, running through to...
The ICO Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine to a London-based pharmacy for £275,000. This was for failing to ensure the security of special category data. We have all heard about Marriott and British Airways receiving a GDPR fine for data...