newsMarch saw the latest meeting of the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) Third Sector Group. The session started with Bev Adams-Reynolds, Data Protection Officer at Crisis, providing practical, current advice on what she is learning as she works to …
5 common mistakes made with DPIAs
Categories: Breach, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, Transparency, UncategorizedWe have outlined 5 common mistakes made with DPIAs. With the GDPR, a DPIA, or ‘Data Protection Impact Assessment’ has moved from being a good practice recommendation to being a mandatory activity for some kinds of personal data processing. The …
DP and HR – Getting data protection right for employees
Categories: Uncategorized“Staff are our greatest asset” “We couldn’t do it without our volunteers” One way of demonstrating the value that you place on your workforce – volunteers as well as staff – is by keeping the personal information that they share …
5 Tips for Incident Management
Categories: Accuracy, Breach, Brexit, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, DFE, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, Transparency, UncategorizedThis article is not a guide about how to handle a notifiable breach. By now, you’re all familiar with the ICO Guidance on that. This piece is about the day to day handling of incidents based on over a decade …
We all know about PECR, right?
Categories: Accuracy, Breach, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, Events, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, ICO, Security, TransparencyAt the Protecture seminar on e-Privacy at the end of November, Rowenna Fielding reminded us that PECR is about more than just consent for electronic direct marketing. I don’t think that Rowenna meant to alarm anyone, just a gentle poke …
Launch of the IRMS Third Sector Retention and Disposal Toolkit
Categories: Accuracy, Breach, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, Events, Fundraising, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Security, TransparencyThe Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) and Protecture were delighted to formally launch the IRMS Third Sector Retention and Disposal Toolkit and Schedule at an event in Central London last week. Attendees from a number of charities, not-for-profits and …
Equifax – 12 lessons to learn
Categories: Accuracy, Breach, Brexit, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, DFE, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, TransparencyAs the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA98) comes to an end, we have a first! The first maximum fine under the old law was issued in September to Equifax Ltd. If you’ve heard any of the Data Protection Leads here …
Trust, Transparency and Data Protection
Categories: Charities, Charities: ICO, Data Protection Act 2018, Fundraising, GDPR, TransparencyCharities rely on personal data more than ever before, whether they are processing a donation, running a fundraising event, or providing services. Supporters and service users must give their personal data to you; in some cases, such as prospect research, …
Cookie D’oh!
Categories: Breach, Brexit, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, Security, TransparencyWith the news that the changes to ePrivacy law have now been delayed until 2020, now is a good time to evaluate whether your organisation’s practices are already in line with existing electronic privacy law. The ePrivacy Regulation is likely …
What would you say? 20 questions from the ICO
Categories: Charities, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, DFE, Fines, Fundraising, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, TransparencyWhat 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 …