Data Protection webinar: Privacy Program Management
In an age of big data and machine learning, many organisations have found they have a greater need to process and store personal data. This…
Data Protection & GDPR
Data Protection & GDPR
Cyber-attacks. What can you do to protect your organisation's personal data?
Almost daily we are seeing cyber-attacks in the news. From nurseries to universities, to SMEs and, to corporate giants like Microsoft…
Employment Law | Monitoring and Managing Employee Performance
Employee monitoring software can give companies a means to monitor employees during the working day. Some may view this as an effective way…
Vaccine Data Privacy Concerns in the Workplace
With over a million people in Scotland having received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, the rollout is most certainly underway…
Corporate Webinar | The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
In the last days of the Brexit transition period, the UK and EU finally agreed a trade deal – the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The…
What does 2021 hold for Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights
2020 ended much as it began with many unprecedented events, not least the UK's last-minute trade and cooperation agreement between the EU…
ICO Enforcement Trends in 2020
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…
Data Protection | A round up of 2020 ICO Enforcement Action
It is now more than two years since the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR came into force. The new legislation significantly increased the…
Data Protection | Practical Guidance to Preparing for Brexit
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…
Data Protection Webinar | Data Protection and Brexit
With only two months remaining of the EU transition period, many organisations have been anticipating what the Data Protection landscape…
UK: Information Commissioner's Office Age Appropriate Design Code
The days of parents supervising their children's every digital move are quickly becoming a distant memory. The sole computer which once sat…
Protect Scotland App and Your Privacy.
As Scotland experiences an increase in positive cases of COVID-19, and increased local restrictions, it was timely of the Scottish…
Why Redundancies Could Lead to Increased Subject Access Requests
An unanticipated consequence of the increase in redundancies resulting from the pandemic is that many organisations find themselves in…
Data Protection | An Update on Data Sharing
Many modern organisations reply upon data sharing, and with the increased use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the value…
Update: EDPB offers guidance on Schrems II Judgement
Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the recent Schrems II case the European Data Protection…
Using data to combat COVID-19 in the workplace
Practical, Technical and Legal hints and tips for processing employee health data
Morgan O'Neill, Director of Data Protection…
Staying Connected in a Virtual Office.
Following the announcement on the 24th March that the UK was going into ‘lock-down’, most businesses had to flip their operating…
Personal Data Breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have recently released details of personal data breach trends linked to breaches reported…
European Court decision in Schrems II case could create compliance nightmare for EU organisations
Standard Contractual Clauses remain valid but EU-US Privacy Shield struck downOn Thursday 16 July, the Court of Justice of the…
No trace of the UK’s Track and Trace App
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…
Data Protection | Managing Conflicts of Interest in the DPO role.
When appointing a DPO, businesses need to make both operational and ethical considerations to ensure the DPO can act independently and…