Data Protection People

05/06/2020

Most people like a drink, how do you like this?!

11/05/2020

We are expecting a large increase in employee subject access requests being made as a result of COVID19. Our latest blog seeks to discuss the potential of such increases and implications to the organisations in question.

As a keen skier, the Outsourced DPO is familiar with the avalanche risk rating system designed to inform skiers of the varying risk of an avalanche at various locations on the mountain. Currently, it seems that the potential for an avalanche of subject access requests (SARs) is high, in particular f...

24/03/2020

Last week our SAR bureau received 3 new subject access requests – it’s good to see that data subject’s appetite for exercising their rights doesn’t seem to have been dampened by the current upheaval!

As most of the on-site meetings our consultants were due to attend have been cancelled, or shifted to Skype, we have a top-rate team lined up to crack on with the redaction and QAing of these SARs.

Subject Access Request (SARs) requires specialist training and software. Outsourcing the application of redaction and exemptions makes commercial sense.

23/03/2020

What actions actually constitute instigating direct marketing activities?

In this blog, we take a look at direct marketing via telephone.

In this blog the Outsourced DPO takes a look at direct marketing via telephone. Before diving into the detail we should first clarify a point about instigating direct marketing activities...

19/03/2020

The DPP team are working extra hard to ensure that we are available and ready to provide our usual range of services, which include (but are not limited to) general business continuity planning and assisting with subject access requests.

Visit our website for further information
https://lnkd.in/dENAxp7

18/03/2020

The team at Data Protection People remain committed to ensuring that we are available to respond to your queries and to provide the high quality and timely advice and guidance that you have come to expect.

We have set out specific information for each of our services.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

More information:https://www.dataprotectionpeople.com/covid-19-update/

17/03/2020

How is the Corona outbreak directly impacting your companies data protection?

The ICO has acknowledged that COVID-19 is causing massive disruption to the way organisations are operating, and suggested that it will take a soft-touch approach towards organisations unable to meet statutory data protection requirements during the outbreak.

“Public bodies may require additional collection and sharing of personal data to protect against serious threats to public health”

12/03/2020

How will the Coronavirus impact Data protection?

The ICO have issued advice on and the

Read more: https://ico.org.uk/coronavirus

10/03/2020

Our Data Protection Consultant, David Holmes was recently featured in our client Harbourat's blog.

Lets just say, HARBOUR's annual review and re-train to ensure their team is fully up to speed on Data Protection and Processing was a success.

Read more on their website.

In a world where decisions are increasingly driven by data, the human touch can so easily be lost. We’re different. We are HARBOUR. And we dare to care.

09/03/2020

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 for failing to protect customers' personal data.

The UK's Information Commissioner says the airline failed to protect customers' personal details.

06/03/2020

Find out the many benefits of sub-contracting out the review and redaction of information including:

•Specialist expert team with vast experience
•Scaleable resource only paid when you have a need
•No need to pull internal resources together when SARs land
•Thorough redaction and quality assurance process;
•Use of automation to do the heavy lifting such as deduplication of email inboxes
•Indexing of all documents

Contact our team to find out more.

Subject Access Request (SARs) requires specialist training and software. Outsourcing the application of redaction and exemptions makes commercial sense.

05/03/2020

If you use free wi-fi at railway stations, how do you feel about your personal information potentially been exposed online?

"The database, found online by a security researcher, contained 146 million records, including personal contact details and dates of birth"

businesses need to ensure that any data stored online is properly secured.

The unprotected database included phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and reasons for travel.