Blog Post Blog Post Vaccine Data Privacy Concerns in the Workplace 9 March 2021 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR With over a million people in Scotland having received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, the rollout is most certainly underway…
Webinar Webinar Corporate Webinar | The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement 4 February 2021 Liam McMonagle Corporate & Commercial, Data Protection & GDPR In the last days of the Brexit transition period, the UK and EU finally agreed a trade deal – the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The…
Blog Post Blog Post What does 2021 hold for Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights 26 January 2021 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR, Intellectual Property, Trade Marks 2020 ended much as it began with many unprecedented events, not least the UK's last-minute trade and cooperation agreement between the EU…
Blog Post Blog Post ICO Enforcement Trends in 2020 15 December 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR Although 2020 will undoubtedly become synonymous with a certain c-word that shall not be named, it has also perhaps seen a turning of the…
Webinar Webinar Data Protection | A round up of 2020 ICO Enforcement Action 8 December 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR It is now more than two years since the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR came into force. The new legislation significantly increased the…
Blog Post Blog Post Data Protection | Practical Guidance to Preparing for Brexit 12 November 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR As we step into 2021, EU GDPR will no longer apply within the UK. From the 1st January 2021, the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) will…
Webinar Webinar Data Protection Webinar | Data Protection and Brexit 29 October 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR With only two months remaining of the EU transition period, many organisations have been anticipating what the Data Protection landscape…
Blog Post Blog Post UK: Information Commissioner's Office Age Appropriate Design Code 28 October 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR The days of parents supervising their children's every digital move are quickly becoming a distant memory. The sole computer which once sat…
Blog Post Blog Post Protect Scotland App and Your Privacy. 11 September 2020 Morgan O'Neill Coronavirus | Covid-19, Data Protection & GDPR As Scotland experiences an increase in positive cases of COVID-19, and increased local restrictions, it was timely of the Scottish…
Blog Post Blog Post Why Redundancies Could Lead to Increased Subject Access Requests 1 September 2020 Morgan O'Neill Coronavirus | Covid-19, Data Protection & GDPR, Employment An unanticipated consequence of the increase in redundancies resulting from the pandemic is that many organisations find themselves in…
Webinar Webinar Data Protection | An Update on Data Sharing 28 August 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR Many modern organisations reply upon data sharing, and with the increased use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the value…
Blog Post Blog Post Update: EDPB offers guidance on Schrems II Judgement 3 August 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the recent Schrems II case the European Data Protection…
Blog Post Blog Post Using data to combat COVID-19 in the workplace 30 July 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR Practical, Technical and Legal hints and tips for processing employee health data Morgan O'Neill, Director of Data Protection…
Blog Post Blog Post Staying Connected in a Virtual Office. 28 July 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR Following the announcement on the 24th March that the UK was going into ‘lock-down’, most businesses had to flip their operating…
Blog Post Blog Post Personal Data Breaches 20 July 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have recently released details of personal data breach trends linked to breaches reported…
Blog Post Blog Post European Court decision in Schrems II case could create compliance nightmare for EU organisations 17 July 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR Standard Contractual Clauses remain valid but EU-US Privacy Shield struck downOn Thursday 16 July, the Court of Justice of the…
Blog Post Blog Post No trace of the UK’s Track and Trace App 14 July 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR Back in May, it was all hands to the wheel to roll out the UK Government’s ‘Track and Trace’ contact tracing phone app to support existing…
Webinar Webinar Data Protection | Managing Conflicts of Interest in the DPO role. 9 July 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR When appointing a DPO, businesses need to make both operational and ethical considerations to ensure the DPO can act independently and…
Blog Post Blog Post Data Protection: How to stay safe while working from home 30 June 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR Practical, Technical and Legal hints and tips for best practice Morgan O'Neill, Director of Data Protection Services, …
Blog Post Blog Post How to Approach Data Protection Impact Assessments 22 June 2020 Morgan O'Neill Data Protection & GDPR DPIAs have been a topic in the news recently with the ICO requesting that NHSX complete a DPIA for its COVID-19 contact tracing app for the…
Webinar Webinar Data Protection | Data Protection & Privacy During the Coronavirus Pandemic 25 May 2020 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR As the Scottish Government announces their plans for lockdown to continue, remote working is starting to feel like the new normal for many…