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ICO enforcements
A gentle reminder to everyone... the ICO has started issuing fines to organisations that have not paid their annual registration fee. It...
Steve Cullen
Dec 18, 20181 min read


A visit to Woodgate Primary School
Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of visiting Woodgate Primary School, one of my subscription clients, in order to undertake an...
Steve Cullen
Nov 22, 20182 min read


Jail sentence for data breach - you've been warned!
Did you know that a motor industry employee has been sentenced to six months in prison in the first prosecution to be brought by the ICO....
Steve Cullen
Nov 15, 20181 min read


BASBM Autumn Conference
I had the pleasure of being the opening speaker at yesterday's conference, speaking on the subject of "GDPR... 6 Months In". Hopefully...
Steve Cullen
Nov 15, 20181 min read


Birmingham Schools Conference
On Tuesday I had the pleasure of delivering a progress briefing on how GDPR has affected data protection in the UK since it came into...
Steve Cullen
Oct 28, 20181 min read


Insight is now a limited company
I'm very happy to inform everyone that as of 11th October Insight Management Services and Information Governance is now a limited company...
Steve Cullen
Oct 12, 20181 min read


Data breaches
People will have seen the £500,000 fine imposed on Facebook and wondering why it is so low, given the fact an organisation can be fined...
Steve Cullen
Jul 11, 20181 min read


Confidential References
I have been asked several times since GDPR and the DPA 2018 came into force how this will affect confidential references, both given and...
Steve Cullen
Jul 11, 20181 min read


The film "Anon"
"Anon" is a 2018 British science fiction thriller starring Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried. Set in a futuristic world where privacy and...
Steve Cullen
Jul 3, 20181 min read


Breaches are more common than you think
We are just over a month into GDPR compliance and there have, as yet, been no really high profile data breaches. This shouldn't lull...
Steve Cullen
Jul 3, 20181 min read


Age of consent for children
The DPA 2018 has also confirmed that the UK has decided on the age of 13 for young people to be able to provide their own consent rather...
Steve Cullen
May 31, 20181 min read


ICO registration fees
Not really a surprise but the DPA 2018 has reintroduced a fee for Data Protection regisrtaion with the ICO. Tier 1 – micro organisations...
Steve Cullen
May 31, 20181 min read


Confidential references
The DPA 2018 allows confidential references to be kept secret in all circumstances. It also gives an exemption from the right to be...
Steve Cullen
May 31, 20181 min read


Mr Scruff Explains GDPR
Another simple but effective guidance tool, this time in the form of a cartoon character explaining GDPR can be found on Reddit's...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


GDPR: Myths and Realities
Teiss have posted an excellent podcast on GDPR myths and realities which can be found at: https://teiss.co.uk/media/podcast/podcast-gdpr-...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


On a lighter note...
I'm sure many of you are heartily sick of hearing about GDPR and receiving the endless emails asking you to resubscribe to mailing lists...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


Trouble closer to home
Day 1 of GDPR and I have had the first report of a breach from a school I am working with! A memory stick containing personal data has...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


Trouble at the North Pole
He's making a list, He's checking it twice, He's going to found at who's naughty or nice... Has Santa broken the the terms of Article 4...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


GDPR legislation is now in force
The day has arrived and the new legislation has come into force... we're already hearing that people have made formal complaints about...
Steve Cullen
May 25, 20181 min read


The Data Protection Bill has been passed
The Data Protection Act 2018, which is the UK's third generation of data protection law, has now received the Royal Assent and its main...
Steve Cullen
May 24, 20181 min read
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