Personal Data – Consenting Adults?

No matter how good your organisation is at treating its employees, involving them in decision making, creating a consultative environment and even supplying playrooms and free refreshments, the playing field is never level. That’s because, you pay them and they rely on you to keep them in employment and no matter what, that dependency creates [...]

Virtual Data Protection Officer – Making them work for your businesses.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legal framework requires specific organisations to have accountability in place for their data protection and data protection officers (DPO). While there has been some uncertainty around if this applies to SME, due in part to earlier drafts of the GDPR, this uncertainty has been quashed by the Information Commissioners [...]

How to make GDPR Staff Awareness Training work for your Business.

GDPR staff awareness training is an essential component of ensuring that your organisation is able to protect personal data and demonstrate to your customers your accountability in complying with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Your GDPR policies and procedures should be hard wired into the foundation of your business but it is the people […]