At Smarter Technologies, we’re focusing on helping customers use technology over the next few weeks and months, as our lives change because of coronavirus/Covid-19.
I have spoken to many of you over the last two weeks to help you to put in place, or to refine, technologies to allow your business to continue to service …
Have you ever heard about GDPR? No? Well, you may have heard of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). This piece of UK legislation is there to protect your personal data which may be kept by different companies, services and government departments, for example; you may have cable TV, bank accounts …
It’s not due to come into force until 25 May 2018, but businesses are being urged to start preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) this year in order to ensure compliance and minimise exposure to significant fines.
As the GDPR imposes far greater restrictions on the use of consent as justification for the …
For many organisations, keeping the personal data they handle safe, is nothing new, especially if they already have robust Data Protection Act 1998 procedures in place (you do already have that don’t you?). What is new is that the GDPR requires organisations to document data collection and processing policies and procedures before you go about …
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) includes provisions that promote accountability and governance. These complement the GDPR’s transparency requirements. While the principles of accountability and transparency have previously been implicit requirements of data protection law, the GDPR’s emphasis their significance.
You are expected to put into place comprehensive but proportionate governance measures. Good practice tools …
Data subjects’ rights is, perhaps, one of the most widely misunderstood aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Data Protection Act (1998), DPA, provides many rights to individuals and the GDPR can be seen as clarifying and extending those rights.
The GDPR provides the following rights for individuals:
Data subjects’ rights is, perhaps, one of the most widely misunderstood aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Data Protection Act (1998), DPA, provides many rights to individuals and the GDPR can be seen as clarifying and extending those rights.
The GDPR provides the following rights for individuals:
During a recent meeting with some associates we got to talking about the GDPR – most thought that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a major threat to their organisation’s ability to function! I think that we should see the GDPR as more of an opportunity and not as a threat at …
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to ‘controllers’ and ‘processors’. The definitions are broadly the same as under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) – the controller says how and why personal data is processed and the processor acts on the controller’s behalf. If you are currently subject to the DPA, it is likely …
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has introduced many new terms which we will all get familiar with over the next few months. A DPO (Data Protection Officer) is one of them and many people are asking whether they really need one. This is in part due to the confusion created by the to-and-fro between …
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