If you need advice during the hard times we are living through, I'm still here to provide advice and guidance. Despite what is going on people are still mak...

I'm being asked by schools what they should do to prepare their staff for working at home. Below I have given a few pointers on what to think about in order ...

Whilst it might not be a UK school, in Iceland a secondary school was recently fined 1.3 million Icelandic króna (about £8,124 or €8,945) for a personal data...

With the spread of Coronavirus the threat of imminent disruption looms over schools and academies and it is vital to have a business continuity plan in place...

Google has announced it will move British users' data from Irish servers to the United States following the completion of Brexit, with data agreements betwee...

On 21st January 2020 the ICO published its final Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of 15 standards that online services should meet to protect children’s pr...

As I have been asked for confirmation of what happens regarding GDPR by quite a few schools I thought I would post a clarification. The UK left the EU on 31s...

The ICO announced on 20th December 2019 that it had fined Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd, a London-based pharmacy, £275,000 for failure to ensure the security of s...

Well, another year is almost at an end... I would just take the time to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my clients and anyone else who takes ...

I am frequently asked how to get hold of the form to report a data breach to the ICO. It is available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/report-a-breac...

This is just a quick reminder that it is time for my subscription schools to complete their termly review of data protection activities and return them to me...

Everyone should know by now that the deadline for responding to a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection...

I've had several queries recently regarding whether it is acceptable for a company acting as a data processor to process information on behalf of the school ...

There has recently been increased awareness of the need for state schools and academies, which are classified as public authorities, to have a publication sc...

For those of you working in local government, I thought that I would alert you to the fact that the ICO has now released an industry-specific toolkit for loc...

Hopefully school staff are settling back into the swing of things after the summer holidays. I trust you are all refreshed and ready for the challenges of t...

I was very pleased to see an article on last night's BBC teatime news bulletin raising awareness of the lack of funding for child mental health. I was, howev...

On Monday 15th July 2019, Link2ICT announced that schools internet by BGFL is to stop in April 2020. This means Birmingham schools will need to find an alter...

The ICO has fined telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to customers without consent. Their investigati...

The ICO has commented on how they see GDPR, having had a year to bed in. It can be found at: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/blog-gdpr-one-y...