DATE January 21, 2021 12:57 pm
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The UK GDPR is the most important piece of data protection legislation in the UK and establishes the rules and principles of data protection. In some respects, the DPA18 functions as supplementary legislation to the UK GDPR, expanding on the UK GDPR and providing further detail, clarity, and exceptions. But...
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DATE January 15, 2021 3:47 pm
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Tune in to the podcast below and listen to our latest Lunchtime Takeaway Session. In our most recent discussion, we look at Brexit and how it has managed to change the Data Protection landscape. If you enjoyed listening to this session and you would like to be kept in the...
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DATE January 12, 2021 1:07 pm
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As with any bit of new tech, the smart lock comes with a huge list of pros and cons. People like convenience, a smart lock means that you can check your property is locked remotely. In conjunction with other smart devices, it means that you can see who is at...
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DATE January 6, 2021 11:07 am
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The Outsourced DPO read an interesting article on Lexology about how to handle the email accounts of former employees. The case in question was in Belgium and related to the former owners of a family firm being ousted by the company. The ousted, former employees complained to the Belgian supervisory...
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DATE January 5, 2021 4:58 pm
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The Outsourced DPO took some time off over the Christmas period but what an interesting time it was. Data protection never sleeps! The Brexit situation developed on Christmas Eve leaving the UK in another transitional period awaiting an adequacy decision, Citizens Advice reported a whopping 23% rise in website page...
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DATE December 16, 2020 10:17 am
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The Outsourced DPO read an interesting story on the BBC yesterday about a new policy at Apple whereby from 14th December, developers must show what information they collect that is used to track users and what data is collected that directly relates to a user, including what data is collected...
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DATE December 15, 2020 12:52 pm
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The Outsourced DPO was speaking with a customer yesterday afternoon about representatives in the context of Article 27 of the GDPR. The situation as it stands is this. When do I need to appoint a representative? If you are an organisation based outside the EU and provide goods or services...
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DATE December 11, 2020 10:59 am
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The Outsourced DPO came across a story this morning that stated the Co-Op has been using Facewatch FR, a facial recognition technology, in 18 of their stores for the last 18 months. After further research, the Outsourced DPO came across an article posted on wired.co.uk https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coop-facial-recognition. The source of the...
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DATE December 10, 2020 12:28 pm
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France’s data protection agency, the CNIL, has hit Google and Amazon with fines for engaging tracking cookies without consent. Google has been hit with a total of €100 million for engaging cookies on Google.fr and Amazon €35M for doing so on the Amazon.fr domain under the penalty notices issued today. The regulator carried out...
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DATE December 4, 2020 2:01 pm
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The Outsourced DPO noticed two great stories on the BBC about emerging or soon to emerge technologies this week. These stories sparked a Teams debate amongst some of our consulting team which fortunately we recorded and may publish as a podcast soon. The first story was about Microsoft filing a...
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