28 May, 2018 : What should your board be doing about GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on May 25th, with thousands of SME businesses still wondering what the new Data Protection law is all about – and many in some doubt as to whether GDPR affects them. Hopefully, this post...Read More
“What happens to GDPR after Brexit?” is a question we are often hear. The short answer is that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will continue to apply to UK companies that collect or process data pertaining to EU residents after Brexit. The assumption that GDPR will not apply after the UK leaves the...Read More
Lisbon, 26 May 2018 : Speech by Michel Barnier at the 28th Congress of the International Federation for European Law (FIDE) – by kind permission of the European Commission Mr. President, dear José Luís da Cruz Vilaça, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me, first of all, Mr. President, to thank FIDE and the Portuguese Association of...Read More
Processing Personal Data is a term that many businesses think does not apply to them. However, merely posessing personal data consitues processing according to the ICO. There are six legal grounds for processing personal data legally under GDPR. As of May 25th 2018, you must meet one of these conditions if you process Personally Identifiable...Read More
Will I be fined if I ignore GDPR – Quite simply, YES – it is extremely likely that you will attract not only a financial penalty, but you could also suffer severe damage to your company’s reputation and brand. The accountability, governance and transparency provisions defined within the regulation emphasises, extends and elevates the implicit...Read More
April 2018 : Hilton is fined for Data Breach Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc, the parent company of Hilton Hotels, has received a $700,000 (£525,000) fine after being accused of mishandling two separate data breaches involving credit cards. The attacks, which occurred in 2014 and 2015, resulted in more than 360,000 accounts being put at...Read More
