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01 May, 2019

ICO launches consultation on Code of Practice to help protect children online

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Last month the Information Commissioner’s Office opened consultation on 16 standards that online services must meet to protect children’s privacy in. Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services sets out the standards [...] Read More

Credit reference agency Equifax fined for data breach. GDPR

20 Sep, 2018

Credit reference agency Equifax fined £500,000 for security breach

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued credit reference agency Equifax Ltd with a £500,000 fine for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack in 2017. The incident, [...] Read More

Organisations to be more transparent - Cyber Security Survey

10 Sep, 2018

Organisations Need to be Transparent with People’s Personal Information

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The Information Commissioner is reminding organisations to be transparent with people’s personal information, after a survey revealed trust and confidence in how organisations handle personal data is still low, despite an improvement across sectors. One [...] Read More

14 Aug, 2018

Is CCTV in taxis and private cabs legal? What about privacy rights?

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CCTV cameras have become a part of our everyday lives, we go about our business largely unaware of them. They can serve as a valuable tool for security, crime prevention and detection. However, capturing a [...] Read More

08 Jul, 2018

Privacy policies of tech giants ‘still not GDPR-compliant’

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Consumer group says policies of Facebook, Amazon and Google are vague and unclear Privacy policies from companies including Facebook, Google and Amazon don’t fully meet the requirements of GDPR, according to the pan-European consumer group […]

South Wales firm fined £60,000 for nuisance pay day loan texts

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A South Wales firm has been fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner for allowing its lines to be used to send spam texts to more than 270,000 people, without their consent. A total of 274,423 [...] Read More

30 Jun, 2018

Nominet: 10 steps to keeping your business safe online

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Online security is becoming increasingly important for both start-ups and established businesses. The NCSC reported that if you’re a SME there’s around a 1 in 2 chance that you’ll be subject to a cyber breach. Not only [...] Read More

Your Data Matters - Know your data rights

15 Jun, 2018

Your Data Matters – 10 Rights You Must Know

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KNOW YOUR DATA RIGHTS We live in a data-driven world. Almost every purchase and interaction you have with most organisations entails you sharing personal data, such as your name, address, birthday, phone number etc. You [...] Read More

12 Jun, 2018

10 tips you need to know to make sure you are GDPR compliant

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The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) have totally changed how we store and use data. If you have data about your employees, suppliers or customers and you do not follow the new regulations you [...] Read More

12 Jun, 2018

GDPR Guide and Checklist

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General Data Protection Regulation Guide GDPR is applicable to almost every organisation that holds/uses or processes personal data relating to EU residents. These may be your customers, staff or suppliers. Your organisation should be clear about the information [...] Read More