ICO enforcement highlights the cost of ignoring subject access requests
Recent enforcement by the ICO against Magnacrest Ltd highlights the cost of ignoring not only your own data subjects, but also the ICO. Magancrest have … Read more
Mark Gracey
UK in top-3 for notified data breaches
According to new research carried out by DLA Piper regarding breaches reported to regulators across the EU, the UK was the third highest in terms … Read more
How Brexit could impact your data protection compliance
No matter where you sit in the Brexit debate there’s probably a good chance it will have some kind of impact on your business – … Read more
£120k fines highlight need for the right consents and clear privacy statements
In three separate but connected cases the ICO has fined Leave.EU £60k and Eldon Insurance £60k for Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) offences relating … Read more
EU adopts data protection adequacy decision regarding Japan
In September 2018 the EU launched its process for adopting an adequacy decision under the GDPR after negotiations concluded between the EU and Japan in … Read more
First significant GDPR fine hits Google (£44m)
The French data regulator, CNIL, (the French equivalent of the UK’s ICO) has fined Google €50m, a record when it comes to data protection fines. … Read more
When should Data Controllers be auditing their Processors?
Whilst there has always been a responsibility on Data Controllers (those who collect and determine how personal data is processed) to ensure that their Data … Read more
ICO -v- SCL Elections case highlights data protection applies to non-EU citizens too
The ICO have taken SCL Elections Ltd (AKA Cambridge Analytica) to court, and won, over a failure to comply with an enforcement notice issued to … Read more
Is “do I need a DPO?” the right question?
When the GDPR came into force back in May last year one of the changes introduced was the concept of having a Data Protection Officer … Read more
Personal director liability under PECR introduced
On 17th December 2o18 a new PECR amendment regulation (Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2018) came into force. The updated regulation extends the powers … Read more