Tag: Outsourced DPO

processor contract

Processor Contract – How Processors can inadvertently become Controllers…and why it matters!

For those of you who deal with the wonderful document that is a processor contract. Whether you’re on the Controller side or the Processor side, you will know there are quite a few hoops to jump through. This is because GDPR strengthened the requirements of a Controller-Processor relationship, outlined in Article 28. That said, a…
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GDPR Subject Access

GDPR Subject Access – why verifying ID can be dangerous!

I 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).…
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DSAR

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…
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