GDPR Archive
Have you got a cookie policy on your website? Are you advising website visitors of the fact that you are using cookies, what types of cookies you use and why? Are you providing them with the options to accept, reject …
For the past few months, organisations across Europe have been asked to store the contact details of customers and staff in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19. Whether businesses are using QR codes, which upload individuals’ personal data, …
Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) will start enforcing data protection laws concerning the use of cookies more rigorously, following an investigation that revealed widespread non-compliance. Depending on the way they are used, cookies and other tracking technologies are considered personal …
Organisations always have to worry about the security of the information they send by email. You can never be certain who has access to your messages, and everyone has probably been guilty at least once of sending a message to …
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a complex law, and as you might have noticed, some aspects appear to contradict each other. That includes the rules regarding one of the more widely discussed aspects of the Regulation: the right to erasure (also known …
Goods and services are now often exchanged for individuals’ personal data, so similar rules are needed for the way that information is processed. That’s where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes in. A lot has been written about …
Despite the difficulties that organisations face during the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators are continuing to enforce the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). In the past 3 months, 46 administrative fines have been issued across the EU, accounting for almost €3 million …
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) outlines six data protection principles that organisations need to follow when collecting, processing and storing individuals’ personal data. The data controller is responsible for complying with the principles and must be able to …
More employees than ever now work remotely, and whether they’re at home, on a business trip or commuting, provisions need to be put in place to make sure data isn’t misused, mislaid or misappropriated.
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) introduced strict new rules regarding the way organisations report data breaches. Many businesses have already been caught out by these requirements. As a result, they’ve made a bad situation worse or created unnecessary work …
