GDPR Advice

Under the existing Data Protection Directive – which will be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25 – companies and organisations are not authorized to retain or continue processing personal data […]

In order to process personal data in compliance with GDPR a legal basis is mandatory. Consent is but one of the 6 Legal Bases for processing personal data under the GDPR. With regard to the […]

Legal tech firm Axiom reported that its research had shown that FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies could end up paying around £800 million in order to scrutinise contracts, to ensure compliance with the General […]

Businesses that are as yet unprepared for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation on May 25th may want to know what the GDPR penalties are, how they are enforced and what other consequences […]

GDPR’s data breach notification requirements will be significantly different from the existing ones. The regulation tends to move away from the current general notifications and introduces a new practice that embraces policies and procedures. Under […]

It is has been almost two decades since the introduction of the Data Protection Acts (DPAs). As technology develops, business operations and human activities keep changing. The laws governing these activities must keep pace with […]

Europe is a couple of months away from enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation. With this limited time, several studies still show that most companies are not prepared for the new requirements. The fact remains […]

The two-year grace period for organizations to align their systems and processes to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements has almost come to an end. This has left many organizations fighting to adjust their processes […]

The European Union’s approach to online privacy sets new requirements for communications between email marketing companies and their existing customers. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation, to be introduced on May 25 2018, […]

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation is enacted by the European Union on May 25 2018, firms that have established a safe information management process that incorporates offsite workers will be in a position […]

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) unifies different email laws from across member states. The new law is set to bring greater consistency to how businesses use and store data. GDPR modifies various critical […]

The primary objective of the GDPR is to safeguard the European Union citizens from data breaches. This is particularly important since the world is increasingly becoming data-driven and the conditions are largely different from the […]

The right for individuals, including employees, to access their own personal data which is held by their employers is a fundamental principle of the current data protection regulation. This tenet will continue to be important […]

A recently convened roundtable called to discuss digital storage could not have been arranged at a more opportune time. The panel of UK based data experts was put together in the main for a broad […]