DATE September 11, 2020 1:12 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
It is almost a year since the Outsourced DPO received a subject access request from an information rights platform and at the time, we were filled with suspicion. Several months and many SARs later, has anything changed? Back in December, receiving a SAR from an intermediary platform (Rightly.co.uk) seemed rather...
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DATE March 23, 2020 3:15 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
The Outsourced DPO is dusting off the binding corporate rules play book! It’s some time since we were involved in drafting BCRs and were delighted for one of our global clients to ask us to get involved with creating BCRs for their operations in over 80 countries last week. Of...
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DATE March 20, 2020 3:18 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
In some previous blogs the Outsourced DPO considered the background to the PECR, how they interact with, compliment and “trump” the DPA and GDPR, and the general prohibition on unsolicited direct marketing via electronic communications systems and equipment. We looked at the definition of direct marketing and found it to...
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DATE March 20, 2020 3:13 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
Wow, the Outsourced DPO has spent just about the entire day on Skype working through compliance challenges with a number of customers. It’s actually really surprising how much can be done via video conferencing on MS Teams, Zoom, Uber. Initially we were rather apprehensive about spending anymore than 15 minutes...
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DATE March 19, 2020 3:11 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
Today our SAR bureau received 3 new subject access requests – it’s good to see that data subject’s appetite for exercising their rights doesn’t seem to have been dampened by the current upheaval! As most of the on-site meetings our consultants were due to attend have been cancelled, or shifted...
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DATE March 19, 2020 3:09 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Client Advice Blog – Covid19 Considering current events and the advice from the UK government for businesses to operate remotely, where possible, this has highlighted some data protection concerns amongst some of our clients. We would like to reassure our clients and the public that our business will continue to...
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DATE March 17, 2020 3:07 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Company Update
We have produced this article to keep our customers informed about our response to the Corona Virus. Given that many organisations are responding to the Corona Virus by implementing remote working, it may be that this introduces enhanced risks to privacy and data protection. The team at Data Protection People...
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DATE March 4, 2020 2:48 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
What is direct marketing? In the previous blog the Outsourced DPO considered the background to the PECR, how they interact with, compliment and “trump” the DPA and GDPR, and the general prohibition on unsolicited direct marketing via electronic communications systems and equipment. In this blog the Outsourced DPO takes a...
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DATE February 25, 2020 2:35 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
PECR. They are still around! When discussing the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (2003) (as amended numerous times) the Outsourced DPO usually finds one of several reactions: What? Never heard of ‘em. No! That can’t possibly be right – it’s bonkers! But I thought they were replaced by the GDPR....
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DATE February 12, 2020 2:23 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
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Blog
Five steps to secure data Data Protection has been in the spotlight for the last few years as more and more cases of theft and security breaches occur. Businesses can take five relatively simple steps to improve their data protection and ensure they give consumers confidence and the right experience. 1)...
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