This year in May, the United Kingdom Government announced the intention to introduce a reform bill that will implement extensive changes to the existing domestic data protection framework. If implemented, the proposed changes are expected to contribute towards UK to deviate from the standards that apply in the EU under the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Introduction On 19th July 2022 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) held its annual Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference – the first with John Edwards in the role of Commissioner. ICO25 A key theme running through many of the sessions was the ICO’s draft strategic plan “ICO25” and, in particular, the four proposed strategic objectives to: (i) safeguard […]
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Instagram in amount of €405 million euros for breaching the privacy rights of children under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The investigation focused on how the platform allowed users aged between 13 to 17 years to operate accounts which showed their phone numbers and email addresses. This is […]
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Hello everyone, We hope you are having a great and successful day. We would like to share with you something very beneficial. The topic for today is, how to comply with the GDPR requirements for your website and what is the most important that you would need to be careful about. We are sharing with you […]
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On 9th August 2022, noyb.eu lodged 226 GDPR complaints with 18 authorities against websites that use the popular cookie banner software (“OneTrust”) with deceptive settings. Following a first batch of complaints in May 2021 many websites using OneTrust have adapted their settings and added “reject” buttons. OneTrust also changed the standard settings to be more […]
UK companies who collect, store, or process personal data may need to register with the ICO however registration is not always necessary and there are several exemptions which may apply. Where applicable registration is a legal obligation and the ico can issue pretty serious fines if you fail to register and pay the appropriate fee. […]
Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) remains one of its most misunderstood requirements, even as we move into 2024. This article is a crucial part of your GDPR compliance, especially if your business operations fall outside the European Union (EU) or the United Kingdom (UK) but involve processing data from these regions. […]
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Summary: The Right to Be Forgotten is one of the fundamental rights defined in GDPR. Also known as a Right to Erasure this principle defined in Article 17. It is vital that companies recognize these requests and understand how to deal with them. Most importantly the Right to Erasure is not an absolute right and […]
The Fourth quarter of 2021, really confirmed that 2021 is the year of fines. We did an overview of the following period so kindly find information about the fines issue at the end of the year. GDPR fines in total In the last quarter of 2021, data protection authorities have steadily continued dishing out fines. […]
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