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Auditing for data protection compliance
As data protection consultants, our favoured approach to an audit of data protection compliance is to start by confirming the accuracy and completeness of the organisation's [...]
Identifying and acting on a personal data breach
GDPR introduced mandatory reporting for certain personal data breaches. Being aware of what constitutes a breach and when to report to the Information Commissioner's Office is [...]
GDPR problem areas around international transfers of data
The background to these issues is that transfers to countries outside the EEA (this is all EU member states, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein) are known as [...]
New guidance on cookie consent
The ICO has issued new guidance on the use of cookies. The cookie consent banner on the ICO website has also been updated to reflect the [...]
What did Facebook do to get a $5 billion fine?
The Data Protection Practitioner's Conference in April 2019 featured a guest speaker, Mark Rotenberg. Mark is a US privacy and rights lawyer. He has given evidence [...]
Ten top tips for inclusion in IT security policy
We have now all heard about the first fine potentially to be levied against British Airways. The fine is not there to punish accidents or problems [...]
Latest Blogs
Auditing for data protection compliance
As data protection consultants, our favoured approach to an audit of data protection compliance is to start by confirming the accuracy and completeness of the organisation's [...]
Identifying and acting on a personal data breach
GDPR introduced mandatory reporting for certain personal data breaches. Being aware of what constitutes a breach and when to report to the Information Commissioner's Office is [...]
GDPR problem areas around international transfers of data
The background to these issues is that transfers to countries outside the EEA (this is all EU member states, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein) are known as [...]
New guidance on cookie consent
The ICO has issued new guidance on the use of cookies. The cookie consent banner on the ICO website has also been updated to reflect the [...]
What did Facebook do to get a $5 billion fine?
The Data Protection Practitioner's Conference in April 2019 featured a guest speaker, Mark Rotenberg. Mark is a US privacy and rights lawyer. He has given evidence [...]
Ten top tips for inclusion in IT security policy
We have now all heard about the first fine potentially to be levied against British Airways. The fine is not there to punish accidents or problems [...]