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The Article 29 Working Party (all the EU regulators) have published guidance to help statutory bodies (regulators such as the ICO) in their deliberations over … Read more
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The Article 29 Working Party (all the EU regulators) have published guidance to help statutory bodies (regulators such as the ICO) in their deliberations over … Read more
Research commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office indicates that only a fifth of UK citizens trust organisations and businesses with their personal data. In fact, … Read more
If you’re a MailChimp user you may have received a couple of emails from them recently about their position on double opt-in defaults. Up until … Read more
One of the regulatory requirements missing from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the requirement to register your data processing activities with a supervisory authority … Read more
Chapter IV of the GDPR sets out responsibilities of Data Controllers and Data Processors. Whilst the general responsibility of a Data Controller is to apply … Read more
Having announced last month it’s intentions for a new Data Protection Bill (as per the Queen’s speech back in June) the government have, this week … Read more
Whilst the UK is still part of the EU it can continue to benefit from EU transfers of data as set out in the 1995 … Read more
The ICO has fined TalkTalk £100,000 for a breach of principle 7 of the Data Protection Act – the “security” principle. It found that a third … Read more
It was in the Tory manifesto and the Queen’s Speech back in June, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting a Data Protection Bill. We … Read more
Price comparison website, Money Supermarket, has been fined £80,000 by the ICO for PECR breaches. They emailed millions of customers who had oped out of marketing … Read more