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Working from Home – lower cost not “no cost” for employers
One effect of lockdown this year has been to introduce more people to the ease of working from home. Not only is it an easier option [...]
Testing employee health at work
Traditionally very few employers have tested their staff for illnesses and other physical conditions. The exceptions would be forklift truck drivers, airline pilots and operators of [...]
Quicker reporting of data breaches needed
In January 2020 EasyJet suffered a complicated cyber attack on its IT systems. It was so complicated that it took months to unravel what data had [...]
Personal data breaches highlight accountability failings
In March 2020 it was reported that Virgin Media had suffered a personal data breach due to cloud storage of a marketing database where access controls [...]
Certification schemes
GDPR includes a provision for certification schemes to be approved by in our case, the Information Commissioner's Office. A certification scheme would involve testing data protection [...]
Working from Home
We have all been encouraged to adopt a different way of working, working from home. It is for the common good but that does not mean [...]
Latest Blogs
Working from Home – lower cost not “no cost” for employers
One effect of lockdown this year has been to introduce more people to the ease of working from home. Not only is it an easier option [...]
Testing employee health at work
Traditionally very few employers have tested their staff for illnesses and other physical conditions. The exceptions would be forklift truck drivers, airline pilots and operators of [...]
Quicker reporting of data breaches needed
In January 2020 EasyJet suffered a complicated cyber attack on its IT systems. It was so complicated that it took months to unravel what data had [...]
Personal data breaches highlight accountability failings
In March 2020 it was reported that Virgin Media had suffered a personal data breach due to cloud storage of a marketing database where access controls [...]
Certification schemes
GDPR includes a provision for certification schemes to be approved by in our case, the Information Commissioner's Office. A certification scheme would involve testing data protection [...]
Working from Home
We have all been encouraged to adopt a different way of working, working from home. It is for the common good but that does not mean [...]