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Health and Safety
Health and Safety

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...

Responding to a ransomware attack
Responding to a ransomware attack

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....

GDPR for Landlords
GDPR for Landlords

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...

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

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...

Business as usual for the GDPR following Brexit
Business as usual for the GDPR following Brexit

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 GDPR – One Year On
The GDPR – One Year On

The GDPR has been in force for 12 months and the anniversary passed with much less fanfare than a year ago. What has happened and what has changed? Our MD, Howard Freeman looks back and discusses the last year, in the exciting world of GDPR.  A year...

Mumsnet data breach
Mumsnet data breach

Perhaps as many as 4,000 users affected Howard Freeman – 4th March 2019 Parenting website Mumsnet has revealed that a data breach occurred during a software update. This happened between 5th and 7th February,...

Internal Data Protection Policy
Internal Data Protection Policy

Howard Freeman – 28th February, 2019 The Creation of an Internal Data Protection Policy is a good way to start your compliance journey with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As interpretation of the regulation can be complex and challenging for most...

Data Breaches
Data Breaches

We are often asked about data breaches and the damage they can and do cause. The way to limit such damage is to spot them quickly or to stop them happening in the first place. This is not easy to do but here are some practical tips to help you stay safe and we look at...

Data Retention and the GDPR
Data Retention and the GDPR

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) states that any organisation must not keep data for any longer than it is needed. Article 5(1)(e) states: “Personal data shall be: kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is...

Is Size Important?
Is Size Important?

The Consequences of Data Breaches for all Sizes of Organisations Data breaches can happen to any business. Incidents at large organisations – such as Dixons Carphone, Superdrug and most recently BA, all hit the headlines. This would give anyone the impression that...