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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
GDPR Compliance is only ever a phone call away
BACKGROUND GFHR Consulting is as an Independent HR Consultancy based in South East England. Founded by Gemma Farina in 2010, Gemma and her team of HR experts have helped hundreds of small and medium sized organisations with their HR issues, requests and...
Tories fined for Breach of the PECR
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...
Biggest test of GDPR enforcement awaits as CNPD issues its draft decision to fine Amazon
Howard Freeman, MD, Fortis (DPC) discusses the road ahead “Last week, the CNPD- Luxembourg’s data-protection commission circulated a draft decision sanctioning Amazon’s privacy practices and proposed a fine of $425 million against Amazon.com Inc. The latest fine is...
GDPR – 3 Years and counting
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...
GDPR – 3 Years and counting…Howard Freeman, MD at Fortis DPC Ltd discusses the road ahead for businesses
“The UK Government has made it clear that they want Britain to be a place where companies can transact digital business. GDPR will be a vital component of the strategy. On leaving the European Union, a new law came into force that contains the EU GDPR, the PECR...
ISO or not ISO? Now that is the question!
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...