DATE February 1, 2018 4:51 pm
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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 Philip Brining
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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 Philip Brining
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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 December 20, 2016 3:02 pm
POSTED BY Andrew Mason
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Blog
Background When we first looked at the GDPR we were asked by our clients if we thought they would be caught by Article 37 of the regulation – the mandatory requirement to nominate a DPO. While it seemed to us that many might well fall under the scope of the...
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DATE November 22, 2016 7:56 pm
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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Blog
Recent comments by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the Information Commissioner indicate that businesses cannot afford to delay complying with the GDPR. In the immediate aftermath of the June vote for Britain to leave the European Union we discussed the likely effects that Brexit could...
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DATE June 24, 2016 12:40 pm
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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Blog
There will far more erudite commentators than I recording their thoughts in respect of the Brexit and its impact on privacy and data protection over the next few days – but I still thought it useful to commit my thoughts to “paper” for our clients and staff. The gist is...
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DATE April 20, 2016 7:46 am
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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Blog
I made a presentation earlier this week to the north eastern members of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and some of the questions that arose were about what constituted “personal data” and was therefore regulated by the Data Protection Act and...
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DATE April 15, 2016 8:01 am
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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GDPR
I vividly remember the last time I sat down during the working day to watch TV – it was 11th September 2001 and I sat spell bound in the East Stand of Leeds United Football Club where I was head of the commercial department watching the terrible events unfold on...
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DATE February 15, 2016 7:21 am
POSTED BY Philip Brining
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Blog
The General Data Protection Regulation is set to turn many organisations upside down and inside out as they implement change to bring themselves up to the standard required by the new Regulation. In this blog DPP’s Phil Brining considers the impact on small businesses. The final text of the General...
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DATE February 3, 2016 9:51 am
POSTED BY Philip Brining
CATEGORY
News
The eagerly awaited Safe Harbor (re-) arrangement between the EU and US was announced late last night with more specific detail to follow. Safe Harbor is the scheme and mechanism by which EU based data controllers are permitted to transfer and process personal data to/in the USA. The European Court...
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