GDPR

02 Oct, 2018

Manchester firm fined £150,000 for making nuisance calls

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A Manchester firm has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) for making thousands of nuisance direct marketing phone calls. Oaklands Assist UK Ltd based in Radcliffe, made 63,724 calls over a two month period [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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GDPR Fine for Email Marketing without permission consent

10 Sep, 2018

Marketing agency fined £60,000 for nuisance emails

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Everything DM Ltd (EDML), based in Stevenage, £60,000 for sending 1.42 million emails without consent. The investigation found that, between May 2016 and May 2017, the firm used [...]

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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 [...]

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Sout Wales Firm Fined for GDPR non compliance

06 Jul, 2018

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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