Data is arguably a business’ most valuable “asset.” Since the introduction of modern data privacy regulations like The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent fatigue is fast becoming a risk that businesses must guard against. As a result, businesses must implement strategies to maintain access to data without falling foul of the Data Privacy regulations...Read More

Are we becoming more aware of data breaches or are they are happening more often? The International Business Times published an article indicating that One In Three Americans Had Their Health Records Breached In 2015, As Hackers Follow The Money From Retail To Medical Data. While Cybersecurity experts have their work cut out to protect data...Read More

A Data Breach Response plan helps a business respond to breaches of information privacy and security. A well designed and implemented Data Breach Response will ensure any financial and reputational damage that results from a breach incident is minimised. If the breach includes personal data, the financial damage could also extend to fines under the...Read More

The Brexit transition period is over; we have left the EU, and it’s time to face the challenges that this entails. One of the more significant implications for businesses is that of the UK becoming a third country for the purposes of EU–to-UK personal data transfers.Read More

2020 – the year in which hair clippers, thermometers and garden furniture were searched most on Google, behind, of course, the C word. COVID19 has flipped our whole world upside down, resulting in everything from stock piling to coining the word ‘Furlough’ to the mandatory Zoom pub quiz; but what has it meant in the...Read More

With the majority of people focusing heavily on the US presidential election, Californians voting on ballot proposition 24 has snuck relatively under the radar with significant recent progression towards the inclusion of the CPRA on the November 2020 ballot.Read More

With the majority of people focusing heavily on the US presidential election, Californians voting on ballot proposition 24 has snuck relatively under the radar with significant recent progression towards the inclusion of the CPRA on the November 2020 ballot. This means that businesses may want to begin to consider how their data privacy obligations in...Read More

Belgian privacy watchdog bid's to police Facebook at EU court, ….. Google starts to play nice with smaller rivals as FED's circle, ….. Millions of US broadband users falling victim to identity theft and More!Read More

Definition of STALEMATE … a situation in which no action can be taken or progress made; deadlock.- to bring to a standstill. Some critics might suggest that this definition of the Chess term describes perfectly the current state of affairs in the Senate, as lawmakers clash over Pre-emption and Private Right to Action -- the...Read More