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Is Your Organisation Neglecting Its Cyber Security Requirements?

Luke Irwin 29th April 2022
Cyber security has in the past few years developed into one of the most essential aspects of an organisation’s operations. Criminal hackers have run rampant, with 62% of UK businesses experiencing an increase in attacks since 2020. Meanwhile, the introduction …
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Can You Deny a DSAR (Data Subject Access Request)?

Luke Irwin 7th April 2022 GDPR
DSARs are the result of the GDPR’s (General Data Protection Regulation) right of access. This is one of eight data subject rights enshrined in the Regulation, and it enables individuals to request the personal information that an organisation is processing about them. …
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Do Your Employees Know How to Respond to a Data Breach?

Luke Irwin 10th March 2022 GDPR, Information Security
If your organisation suffers a data breach, you must act quickly. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) gives you 72 hours to report serious incidents, during which time you must investigate the source of the breach, document your findings and …
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GDPR: The Ultimate Guide to Binding Corporate Rules

Luke Irwin 9th February 2022 Data privacy
BCRs (binding corporate rules) help organisations demonstrate that they have adequate protections in place when making intra-group international data transfers. The rules have been widely discussed in relation to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Brexit. Indeed, those two …
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How To Ensure Your SMS Marketing Strategy is GDPR Compliant

Luke Irwin 17th December 2021 GDPR
Since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect, marketing departments have been hesitant to contact customers for fear that they will run into compliance problems. GDPR SMS marketing has been a particularly tricky topic, with organisations uncertain of …
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Does the GDPR Apply to Organisations Outside the EU?

Luke Irwin 24th November 2021 GDPR
Although the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has its basis in EU law, organisations across the globe might be subject to its requirements. Whether non-EU companies are subject to the GDPR depends on various factors, which we discuss in this …
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The Welsh government has breached data protection laws 300 times

Neil Ford 4th October 2021 Data privacy, GDPR
The Welsh government has broken data protection laws more than 300 times since 2019, according to a FOI (Freedom of Information) request. Of those incidents, 11 were referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office, and three resulted in the affected data …
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UK plans to grant adequacy decisions to international partners

Luke Irwin 22nd September 2021
data privacy
The UK government recently unveiled plans to expand the list of countries that it deems provide adequate data protection.  It comes as part of a wider announcement on the future of the UK’s data protection regime, and follows the EU’s adequacy decision on the UK earlier this year.  Adequacy decisions mean that the …
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What Organisations Must Do To Protect Children’s Data Privacy

Luke Irwin 24th August 2021 Data privacy, GDPR
We live in a world of “datafied” children – whether we’re posting their photos on our social media pages, storing baby monitoring data in the Cloud or letting our kids use online services. Indeed, the likes of Facebook, Snapchat and …
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Data Sharing Agreements and GDPR: What You Need To Know

Luke Irwin 26th July 2021 GDPR
Data sharing agreements between organisations with whom you send and receive information plays a major role in your compliance with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and similar regulations. Your organisation might refer to it by a different name – …
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