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Welcome to our blog, The Source.
I know that business compliance can sometimes be overwhelming and I want to help you find your way to being and staying complaint.
THS SOURCE is a place for you to access and find out about the latest topics and insights that could impact your compliance for GDPR, ISO, Cyber Security and PCI DSS.
Howard Freeman
Customer List stolen
Utility supplier People’s Energy has had its entire customer list stolen. All 270,000 customers of People’s Energy, a renewable energy start-up, have had their details compromised in a major data breach incident that occurred last week, on 16th December 2020....
Video Conferencing and the GDPR
Due to social distancing and restrictions enforced by the UK’s tier systems, we are now used to business meetings taking place online. In particular, the video conferencing platform “Zoom” has achieved huge popularity through the pandemic. However, over the same...
Nursing home fined
Nursing home fined for a data breach after a laptop with residents' details is stolen A nursing home in County Antrim has been fined £15,000 for failing to adequately protect sensitive data about its staff and residents. This story is a look back in history but...
UK firms face high compliance costs
British firms face a bill of up to £1.6 billion if the UK government fails to win an EU adequacy decision. The decision, if granted, would allow dataflows to continue as normal. This was revealed by a new report published on Monday last (23rd November 2020). UK firms...
ISO 27701 Readiness Assessment
Getting ready for an ISO 27701 certification with our readiness assessment, the new standard for Privacy Information Management ISO/IEC 27701 is the new international “gold standard” for privacy management. It is the companion standard for ISO 27001, the...
Black Friday 2020 scams
And how to avoid them… The scramble for bargains and supposedly unbelievable savings, whatever your thoughts about Black Friday are, brings with it a spike in cybersecurity threats. Cybercriminals will be just as keen to take advantage of you as you are desperate for...