Amazon GDPR fine: the biggest on record By Sandra May - September 21st, 2021 Posted in Compliance, Data Protection amazon, data, data protection, fine, GDPR, personal data Last month, Amazon.com was issued the biggest fine ever in the history of General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The penalty, from ...
Controlling the cookie (consent) monster 2021 By Philip Harris - July 12th, 2021 Posted in Compliance, Data Protection consent, cookie consent, cookies, data, personal data, privacy For regular Internet users, cookie banners and alerts are a common feature of the web surfing experience. They can be annoying and disrup...
NHS data grab – the GP data sharing controversy: what you need to know By Hannah Pisani - July 5th, 2021 Posted in Compliance, Data Protection data, data collection, data grab, health data, NHS, opt out In June, after waves of controversy, the government announced a two-month delay to the creation of a central NHS digital database from GP...
Competition and data protection – CMA and ICO publish joint policy statement By Hannah Pisani - June 25th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection, News & Resources compliance, data, data protection, data sharing, ICO, information security On 19th May, The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) released a joint state...
UK Online Safety Bill published: our overview By Hannah Pisani - June 18th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection data, online safety, online safety bill, UK government The government in the United Kingdom (“UK”) recently published its draft Online Safety Bill (“Bill”), a landmark law designed to protect ...
Lloyd vs Google: Why it matters to your business By Hannah Pisani - May 11th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection court, data, data protection, google, lloyd, personal ata Last week, the Supreme Court held a long-anticipated two-day hearing on the case of Lloyd vs Google. The Court’s decision could have exte...
Top tips for password security: #WorldPasswordDay2022 By Kate Mingo - May 6th, 2021 Posted in Information Security data, passwords, security, world password day May 5th marks World Password Day 2022, a day aimed at promoting good password management strategies. It reminds us of the importance of p...
Brexit and data protection – part 2 (adequacy decision update 2021) By Sofia Dominguez Peaguda - May 4th, 2021 Posted in Compliance, Data Protection brexit, compliance, data, data protection, data transfers, EU, GDPR, international transfers August 2021 update When we last discussed international data transfers in the post Brexit-world, there were a few question marks in the a...
