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Data Processing Agreements and why you need them.

Whenever a controller uses a processor, there must be a written contract in place. The contract is important so that both parties understand their responsibilities and liabilities. The UK GDPR sets out what needs to be included in the contract. If a processor uses...

What is a data protection officer?
What is a data protection officer?

Find out what the data protection officer role involves and who or what you need to hire. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is something you've heard a lot about, whether you collect, store and use customer data, or you don't. It's the biggest...

The Data Protection Act 2018
The Data Protection Act 2018

On 25th May 2018 when the GDPR came into force, the European regulation attracted all the headlines. However, another price of regulation also came into law which acted differed from the EU GDPR. The Data Protection Act of 2018 is strewn with references to the GDPR...

GDPR Adoption…the reality
GDPR Adoption…the reality

It is almost four and a half years since the GDPR became enforced in May of 2018. Since that date, when the world went mad over consent, subscriptions and other connection requests that most of the requestors ignored, we have had Harry and Megan, Brexit, Covid-19 and...

Yodel Hack – Parcel Delivery Delays
Yodel Hack – Parcel Delivery Delays

The delivery service company Yodel has suffered a “cyber incident” resulting in widespread disruption. Customers awaiting deliveries noted that Yodel’s systems were offline last weekend. Yodel said: “We are working to restore our operations as quickly as possible but...

Meta (Facebook) Fined £14 Million

Meta has been fined €17 million for twelve breaches of the EU GDPR. The company, formerly known as Facebook, violated several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requirements. More than 30 million people have been affected. The Irish DPC (Data...

Special Categories of Data

What is special category data? Found out here. Special category data is personal data that needs more protection because it is sensitive.In order to lawfully process special category data, you must identify both a lawful basis under Article 6 of the UK GDPR. You also...

Six Data Privacy Mistakes every company makes

Does the following sentence sound familiar?  “I have read and accepted the privacy policy.”  This checkbox is found beneath various online forms. It’s completely superfluous. There is no need to accept a privacy policy because it merely serves an informational...

The GDPR Accountability Principle

The GDPR Accountability Principle is one of the data protection principles. It makes you responsible for complying with the UK GDPR. The regulation states that you must be able to demonstrate your compliance. It is sometime known as the seventh principle....

GDPR Accountability Checklist

Welcome to our GDPR Accountability Checklist. ☐ We take responsibility for complying with the UK GDPR, at the highest management level and throughout our organisation. ☐ We keep evidence of the steps we take to comply with the UK GDPR. We put in place...

7 Common Phrases that can kill your credibility

Don't destroy trust and erode confidence with colleagues and clients alike by using these expressions that will ruin your credibility. We all use common expressions in everyday conversations that we don’t realise can come across as insecure and even dishonest. To make...

GDPR Email Questions Answered

There are many GDPR email related questions GDPR Email Questions Answered: We’ve been contacted with many GDPR email related questions so we thought we would share for you the most common ones: Is sharing an email address a breach of GDPR? This depends on two things:...

The GDPR Accountability Checklist

Take the test Ask yourself the following questions We take responsibility for complying with the UK GDPR, at the highest management level and throughout our organisation. We keep evidence of the steps we take to comply with the UK GDPR. We put in place appropriate...

Cabinet Office Fined for Serious Data Breach

Howard Freeman - November 2021 A 'complete disaster' is how the publication of the home addresses of recipients of awards in the 2020 New Years Honours List has been labelled Iain Duncan-Smith, called for an urgent inquiry into the incident. He also warned of legal...