“I’m pressing record” – Zoom, Teams and recording meetings The increased use of video conferencing to deliver outward facing services and manage internal office work has led to several data protection questions. The same…but with important differences In some ways, a recording of …
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The ICO’s Children’s Code – do you need to comply?
Categories: GDPR, ICO, Public InformationThe ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code (or rather, it’s snapper title “the Children’s Code”) came into force on 2 September 2020 with a 12-month transition period. In this article we set out; An overview of the requirements. Our advice on …
FatFace Cyber Attack
Categories: Breach, Public Information, SecurityWe have created a report on the recent FatFace cyber attack. Read on to find out what happened and why. When: Breached on 17th January 2021. (Reported to customers on 23rd March 2021.) What: Names, addresses, last 4 digits of …
The BA Fine – The boardroom’s responsibilities: what are your business risks?
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, Security, UncategorisedHow will the BA fine affect your business? After over a year of delay, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally issued their much-anticipated Penalty Notice against British Airways on 16th October 2020. There have been headlines and debate around the …
The BA Fine – The Data Protection Landscape is Changing
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, SecurityHow will the BA Fine affect the data protection landscape? After over a year of delay, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally issued their much-anticipated Penalty Notice against British Airways on 16th October 2020. There have been headlines and debate …
Unpicking Article 22
Categories: GDPR, Guidance, Public Information, Security, TransparencyDid you read our previous post “In the news: automated decision-making”? Following on from that, we are now going to unpick Article 22. Few people had heard of Article 22 of the GDPR before this summer’s automated grade-prediction story broke …
In the news: automated decision-making
Categories: Accuracy, GDPR, Public Information, TransparencyOver the last week, automated decision-making featured in the news. Ofqual (the Government agency regulating qualifications and exams for England) used an algorithm based on statistical modelling to issue A-level grades for students. Around 40% of assigned grades turned out …
Schrems II – now what?
Categories: GDPR, Guidance, Public Information, Security, Transparency, WebinarSo, you’ve read through the Schrems II FAQs and you know you need to do something…but perhaps you’re not quite sure exactly what that ‘something’ should look like. Luckily for you, we at Protecture have been giving this a lot …
Schrems II – FAQs
Categories: GDPR, Guidance, Public Information, Transparency, WebinarWhat is Schrems II? Last week, a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union caused quite a stir in the world of data protection. But what does it all mean – and what are the implications for …
Blackbaud Security Incident – what to consider
Categories: Breach, Guidance, Public Information, Security, TransparencyBlackbaud has informed its clients of a security incident. Protecture’s initial thoughts are: Blackbaud has taken the security incident seriously, and have taken significant measures in response. They have some assurance from the hacker that they have deleted the data …