Are you going to be audited by the ICO?
Article 58 of the GDPR gives data protection authorities (the national data protection regulators – ours is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)) the power to … Read more
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ICO fact-finding on data protection in adtech
There’s been a lot of noise recently around the use of personal data in adtech (advertising tech) including cases like the Google £44m fine from … Read more
And so, a new era in data protection begins
It’s a date that’s been in everyone’s minds for some time whether it’s because you’re a business targeting it as the deadline to complete your … Read more
ICO clarifies what’s going to happen with registration
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
GDPR and fines
It seems the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is getting a little fed up with misinformation about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and so are publishing … Read more
Royal Free & Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
The ICO has published its ruling on the Royal Free NHS Trust sharing of patient data with Deep Mind (a Google owned AI company). The … Read more
ICO issues fine for email marketing breach
The ICO has issued a fine to Morrison Supermarkets for sending marketing consent emails to over 130k email addresses where the subjects had previously opted-out … Read more
When B2B data is personal data and what that means with the GDPR
Data protection in the UK is changing thanks to the European General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR). Just like the Data Protection Act 1998 the … Read more
ICO fines FlyBe and Honda over direct marketing issues
The ICO have issued a couple of fines relating to direct marketing offences. Of most interest will be the Honda fine. Honda contacted a number … Read more
Five steps to GDPR Readiness
In case you’ve missed it, there’s just over a year until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s new data protection rules that will … Read more