newsThe 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 …
Morrisons High Court Case
Categories: Public Information, Security, UncategorizedThis week a trial is ongoing in the High Court which many data protection professionals and in-house lawyers are watching carefully. It is part of a class action by the employees of Morrisons (the supermarket chain) who were affected by …
Taking the ‘Con’ out of ‘Consent’
Categories: Charities, Consent, Fundraising, GDPR, TransparencyTaking the ‘Con’ out of ‘Consent’ In many ways, the GDPR is not very different to the Data Protection Act. This is true for the requirement to justify which of the six lawful “basis for processing” you are relying on …
Changes to the ICO Subject Access Code of Practice
Categories: Charities, Data Sharing, GDPR, Guidance, ICOThe right of an individual to be told whether an organisation is processing their personal data and be given access to that data (“subject access”) is a significant one in data protection law, and was the most common type of …
FPS Goes Live!
Categories: Charities, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, ICO, TransparencyThis week the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) was launched by the Fundraising Regulator, in response to concerns about charity marketing, which have been raised over the last couple of years and in anticipation of the more stringent controls on the …
Charities face £25k fines for pestering? Maybe, maybe not…
Categories: Charities, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, ICO, TransparencyThe frontpage headline of The Daily Telegraph today, 4th July 2017 – “Charities face £25k fines for pestering” – risks bluring some key issues. The Fundraising Regulator is about the launch the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS). Rightly they are keen …
Brexit – Data Protection update
Categories: Brexit, Charities, Fundraising, GDPRSo the nation has spoken – and the UK has voted to leave the EU. So where does this leave the EU General Data Protection Regulation? The ICO was quick to highlight three key points: (1) The Data Protection Act …
Better the devil you know – personal data breach reporting and GDPR
Categories: Breach, Charities, Consent, GDPR, ICOThe ICO Annual Report for 2016-17 has been published. Among the findings reported is the number of self-reported data protection incidents, broken down by sector. The headline figures show a 31.5% increase in self-reported incidents – from 1,950 to 2,565 …
Fundraising Factsheet: Consent, confusion and clarity
Categories: Charities, Consent, Fundraising, GDPR, GuidanceThose attending Fundraising Week recently could be forgiven for scratching their heads and leaving none the wiser about the future of fundraising. Rob Wilson MP, the Minister for Civil Society, called on charities to prepare for ‘opt-in’ for fundraising – …