Monitoring compliance with GDPR
Context: In several instances the GDPR stipulates that controllers and processors need to be able to demonstrate compliance with the regulation:
Subject Access Requests
Context: At the core of the GDPR is the intention to give control of personal data to the individual to who it relates. In order to do this the GDPR describes certain ‘rights’ that the data subject has in controlling their data. One of the main ways in which these rights can be enacted is …
International Transfers
Context: Personal data can be exposed to additional risk when that data is transferred outside the country of origin. The EU also makes the assumption that if information is transferred outside of a member state that the data is at an even great risk.
Taking the Hassle Out of Compliance
Assessing and monitoring your compliance with regulations and standards doesn’t have to be a burden If you were to read every single rule or regulation demanded upon a business, it would not only take an incredibly long time but would also leave you feeling pretty overwhelmed and confused. Internationally, there are hundreds of millions of …
Money shouldn’t be the only goal
Money and sustainability quote I’m sure when Henry Ford said these words he had no idea that a finance industry would grow to take such a significant role in world economics. I don’t believe that he was solely referring to the manufacturing of quality motor cars either. Every business need to ‘make’ people happier – …
Automated decision making and profiling report
Context: In order to prove that your organisation meets the requirement to not subject data subjects to decisions based solely on automation of profiling you need to be able to report how those decisions and profiles are created.
Brexit doesn’t affect GDPR compliance
UK to bring new Data Protection Bill to Parliament in 2017 which adopts GDPR A major overhaul of EU privacy rules could make the confusing world of online monitoring a thing of the past as businesses become more transparent about the way they use your personal information as well as how and to whom it …
Automated Decision Making
Context: Article 22 of the GDPR puts in the place the following right for individuals: The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling…
Rights of the Data Subject
Context: At the core of the GDPR is the intention to give control of personal data to the individual to who it relates. In order to do this the GDPR describes certain ‘rights’ that the data subject has in controlling their data. The description of these rights within the GDPR is extensive. As an indication …
Grand Designs Planning Required
Ever set out to achieve a big goal like start your own company, run a marathon or, like Tom and Danielle Raffield did, build a dream house. You may have seen their house (pictured) featured on Channel 4‘s show, Grand Designs. The Raffield’s had a challenging plot of land in south Cornwall, a very limited budget and …