newsWhat would you say? 20 questions from the ICO The findings from the ICO’s latest Information Risk reviews highlight the many and varied areas that data protection risk touches upon. We turned the findings into the 20 key questions you …
Have You Reddit?
Categories: Breach, SecurityOn the 1st of August a hugely popular website, Reddit, announced that it had been hacked. If you’ve not seen it, Reddit is a vaguely social network (explored further below) where registered members can post links, news and discuss almost anything on a …
Data Protection Act 2018- What Does It Mean To You?
Categories: Charities, Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR, Guidance, ICOIn all the hyperbole and misinformation surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in recent weeks, it may have been easy to miss the UK passing its own updated data protection legislation – the imaginatively titled Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act), which …
Who’s in Control?
Categories: Charities, Charities: ICO, Data Sharing, Fundraising, GDPR, ICOOne of the key aspects of data protection law is the concept of Data Controllers and Data Processors. In advance of the GDPR enforcement date (25th May), many organisations are seeking to review, update and amend their agreements with suppliers …
Facebook and ‘CA’ – not Cambridge Analytica, but Custom Audiences
Categories: Charities, Consent, Data Sharing, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, Security, TransparencyUnless you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you will have noticed that Facebook’s business practices have been coming under the microscope of public scrutiny. It’s been well-known for a long time among the data …
New Fee Structure for ICO Registration
Categories: Charities, GDPR, ICOUnder powers granted under the DPA 1998, organisations that process personal data had fees levied to fund the ICO’s data protection work unless they were exempt. When GDPR comes into force on 25th May 2018, this will change. The Existing …
Digital Minister Privacy Mis-App
Categories: GDPR, Guidance, Public Information, Security, TransparencyNot App-y Last week, Digital Minister Matt Hancock MP, released an app aimed at members of his constituency, to help them engage and raise subjects of interest with him as their MP. However, within a few hours of its release, …
A Wealth of Data – Using Public Information
Categories: Charities, Data Sharing, Fundraising, Public Information, TransparencyThe latest investigation by the Daily Mail into the use of publicly-available personal information has hit the headlines. This time, the activities of university alumni and development teams is under the spotlight. Sadly, it’s the same mixture of issues first …
GDPR- What Are You Waiting For?
Categories: GDPRAs the countdown to the GDPR enforcement date ticks away, organisations are starting to get to grips with their data protection responsibilities. However, a common theme is emerging at conferences, in online discussions and at meetings – the challenges of …