Personal Data Protection

Data Protection Audits – More than a state of the nation report

A data protection audit determines whether the policies and procedures implemented to regulate data privacy and the use of data are working as planned. An ...
Personal Data Protection

Why appoint an outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO)?

Earlier in this series of blogs we looked at the value that the Data Protection Officer (DPO) can bring to your organisation. We looked then ...
Personal Data Protection

Data Protection and Direct Marketing

Direct marketing consists of any marketing that relies on direct communication with individuals (data subjects). You are most likely on the receiving end of direct ...
Personal Data Protection

UK GDPR – The seven principles of data processing

UK GDPR Article 5 sets out seven key principles which lie at the heart of all personal data processing. There are two paragraphs that stand ...
Personal Data Protection

Do you have a data protection training plan?

One of the seven data processing principles of the UK GDPR is ‘accountability’.  You must be able to demonstrate, to both external and internal data ...