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Blog: Adtech - the reform of real time bidding has started and will continue
The adtech real time bidding (RTB) industry is complex, involving thousands of companies in the UK alone.
National retailer fined half a million pounds for failing to secure information of at least 14 million people
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, […]
ICO launches consultation on draft direct marketing code of practice
ICO launches consultation on draft direct marketing code of practice
Blog: The benefits of sharing personal data – what can we learn from Open Banking?
The ICO’s Regulators’ Business Innovation Privacy Hub has recently been looking at the key data protection considerations for innovators who are working in the Open Banking space.
Trust, technology and slippers with torches
Much has changed since Jonathan Bamford, (former) Director of Strategic Policy (Domestic Policy), joined the Information Commissioner’s Office, but as he comes to retire, he […]

GDPR Subject Access -why verifying ID can be dangerous!

wrote a few weeks ago discussing how DSAR volumes may have gone up in your organisation and that it’s probably not simply down to the GDPR Subject Access hurdles being lowered for Data Subjects. Since GDPR came into force in May 2018, Data Subjects now don’t have to pay a fee (in most cases). The

DSAR – Help I can’t cope!!! Our Subject Access Request volumes have gone through the roof!!!!

I had an online interaction with a vendor who sells Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) automation software recently. During the ‘pitch’ they highlighted that organisations across London, UK have seen a staggering increase in DSARs since GDPR went live. An article in the Yorkshire Evening Post confirms this is not just a London-centric issue. “In

GDPR & CCPA: Two Nations Divided by a Common Language

CCPA & GDPR: Two Nations Divided by a Common Language

15/07/2019 DPO Blog, Security Advisory Blog admin

With six months to go before the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA goes live in California, it seems we are progressively moving towards common ground when it comes to international privacy law…or are we…?