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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...
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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...
It is now official, replying the Facebook 'Like' button on your web-site could render you non-compliant to the GDPR. A landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice has decided that web site owners can be held liable for data collection when using the so-called...
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...
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,...
Howard Freeman – 1st March 2019 A worrying rise in data breaches being reported across the UK education sector was revealed by a recent freedom of information request. The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) mandates data breaches must...
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...
Have you ever thought about how you go about preparing your organisation for cyber-attacks and data breaches? If you have, it is likely that the task is more complex than perhaps first thought. Where can you look for advice? One of the most trusted resources is the...
Howard Freeman – 14th February 2019 The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has banned a businessman from starting or managing a business for four years following his breach of the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). The director at Lad...
The ICO announced this week that a former headteacher has been fined over £1000 by a magistrate’s court for unlawfully obtaining children’s personal data from previous schools where he had been employed. Darren Harrison, took the information from two primary schools...
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...
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...
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...