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Using Personal Emails for Business Purposes: The Pitfalls
...data protection team if you have any questions around the use of personal email accounts or require any data protection policies and training. To see all our services visit our main data protection an...
Jingle all the way (to the Employment Tribunal)
...data protection issues if those colleagues have not consented to this. This article was originally published in Adiona Magazine at http://www.flippubs.com/publication/index.php?i=44164...
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Data transfers: draft adequacy decision published
Data transfers: draft adequacy decision published On 19 February 2021, the European Commission published its draft adequacy decision for data transfers from the EEA to the UK. This is the first step i...
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European Commission Adopts UK Adequacy Decisions for Data Transfers
...data between the UK and EU (and the EEA). However, any data transfers still need to be subject to the obligations under the GDPR, UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 and any data transfers beyond the...
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Data transfers to the EU: Update
Data transfers to the EU: Update European Union governments have agreed that UK standards for data protection are sufficiently high to allow personal data to be transferred freely from the EU to the U...
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Amazon faces £300 million fine for GDPR breaches
...Data Protection Commission, the CNPD, has proposed fining Amazon more than $425 million, approximately £300 million, for alleged GDPR breaches relating to Amazon’s collection and use of personal data....
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Failure to appoint an EU representative results in €525,000 fine
...data subject rights, including getting their personal data deleted. Following complaints by Dutch citizens to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, the company was fined €525,000 and ordered to d...
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Gender Critical Beliefs recognised as a Protected Characteristic in Discrimination Law - Forstater v CGD Europe
...protections for those who hold gender critical beliefs. Maya Forstater was represented by Peter Daly, a partner at Doyle Clayton, who instructed barristers Ben Cooper QC and Anya Palmer of Old Square...
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Immigration system to be modernised with sweeping new changes
...data if they already hold a valid Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). Instead, they will be able to provide their identity using a ‘ChipChecker’ process with their BRP and by uploading a photo. Fingerpr...
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Free flow of data from the EEA to the UK: latest position
...data protection framework is largely based on the EU data protection framework” and, therefore, key areas of alignment exist in the EU and UK’s data protection measures. These included in areas such a...
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ICO publishes data sharing code of practice
...data and demonstrate accountability. The ICO recommends organisations first conduct a data protection impact assessment when considering sharing personal data. In addition, it recommends a data shari...
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ICO fines Ticketmaster UK £1.25million for data breach
...data breach The ICO has fined Ticketmaster UK £1.25million for failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. What was the data breach? Ticketmaster sell event tickets on behalf of clients. Th...
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ICO updates data subject access request guidance
...data subject access request guidance The ICO has published updated guidance on data subject access requests (“DSARs”), following a consultation on draft guidance last year. The final versi...
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ICO fines Marriott £18.4million for a data breach
...data breach The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. £99.2million proposed fine In July 2019, the ICO issued a notice ...
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Court of Appeal: Police Force’s use of automated facial-recognition technology unlawful
...data. Controllers should note the Court’s criticism of the Force’s Data Protection Impact Assessment. A Data Protection Impact Assessment must carefully assess the potential impact of the new p...
Updates to guidance on Working Safely during Coronavirus
...data if needed. Employers are also requested to keep temporary records of staff shift patterns for 21 days for the same purpose Advise employers what to do if there is a COVID-19 outbreak i...
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GDPR: fines issued across Europe for failing to appoint an independent Data Protection Officer
...Data Protection Officer Data supervision authorities in Spain and Belgium have recently issued substantial fines to companies for failing to appoint an independent Data Protection Officer (DPO). ...
COVID-19 and Tier 4 Visa Sponsorship: navigating the new Home Office Guidance
...data in future Basic Compliance Assessments (BCA). Sponsors must notify the Home Office of the reason for withdrawal and keep their own records for such students. Sponsors should retain records to ev...
New Home Office Tier 4 Guidance on Covid-19 for Independent Schools and Colleges
...data in future BCAs. Sponsors must notify the Home Office of the reason for withdrawal and keep their own records for such students. We recommend sponsors retain records to evidence that a studen...
COVID-19: ICO issues guidance on recovery phase
...data as “special category data.” It therefore attracts additional protection. The ICO suggests businesses should consider: Whether they need to obtain the health dataHow the extra data sought will ke...