DATE June 8, 2018 8:39 am
POSTED BY Philip Brining
CATEGORY
Data Protection
This blog has been written by Boyko Boev, a Senior Data Protection Consultant at Data Protection People. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018 as a result of which the date became known across Europe and probably the world as the GDPR day. The GDPR...
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DATE February 1, 2018 4:51 pm
POSTED BY Usman Ahmed
CATEGORY
Blog
When the UK leaves the EU on 29th March 2019 the GDPR will already have become law in every other EU member state. The regulations governing the international transfers of personal data are set out in Chapter V of the GDPR. It stipulates that, for the purposes of data transfers...
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DATE February 1, 2018 4:43 pm
POSTED BY Usman Ahmed
CATEGORY
Blog
In December 2017, at Maidstone Crown Court, a jury returned 15 guilty verdicts after the ICO prosecuted four individuals in connection with the unlawful disclosure of personal data which was obtained illegally by senior employees of Woodgate & Clark Limited, a firm of loss adjusters, and two private investigators. Director...
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DATE February 1, 2018 4:39 pm
POSTED BY Usman Ahmed
CATEGORY
Blog
The decision in the High Court relating to the theft and publishing of the supermarket giant Morrison’s payroll data by a rogue employee throws up interesting points about liability in the event of data loss. In December 2017 Mr Justice Langstaff ruled that the technical and organisational controls in place...
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DATE October 2, 2017 3:18 pm
POSTED BY David Hendry
CATEGORY
Blog
The Closed Club Since starting my career in Data Protection I have always noted that it is relatively lacking in youth and a bit of closed club. I once put the question to a relatively senior member of the ICO at a conference, asking if there were any initiatives to...
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