In everyday language, a ‘one-stop shop’ is a business offering multiple services and the only place you need to fulfil your needs. A ‘one-stop shop’ means something else from a data protection perspective in the context of the GDPR, although [...]
This week, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued two intentions to fine organisations for breaches of the GDPR. It has not issued these GDPR fines yet, and both organisations still have an opportunity to respond to the intention with [...]
When a data subject's right to privacy is infringed or someone fails to protect their personal data, and they suffer damages as a result. Who is liable for those damages? Who should the data subject be taking legal action against? Is [...]
The deadline to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was 25 May 2018. The date has come and gone. People all over the world are rushing to comply and are working hard to implement the required controls. The big [...]
They say hindsight is 20/20. And usually, it's not helpful to hear that. But for once we can really apply what we've learnt. By helping organisations meet the GDPR compliance deadline, we've identified the key stumbling blocks to avoid as [...]
The Argentina Personal Data Protection Act has been Argentina's data protection law since 2000. The country is, however, moving away from this law, and has already drafted a new data protection Bill. The reason for this new Bill is to [...]
If you are a data subject, you will want to know what the right to data portability is. You may also want to know how to actually port your data and exercise your right. If you are a data [...]
Privacy by design or data protection by design is a real requirement under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for organisations that the GDPR applies to. It is no longer an abstract and unenforceable legal concept. You now have to [...]
We've recently been getting asked the question: What is a Data Protection Officer? This is a sign of just how much interest there is in the position of the Data Protection Officer. Organisations, both in the European Union and outside, [...]
Geolocation is the identification of the geographic location of an object (like a computer) or a person (like an employee). It is obviously very useful to know where something is. Knowing that John is on the 15th floor in boardroom [...]
There are new Privacy Shield principles because the final Privacy Shield was approved by the US and EU delegations on the 12 July 2016. This is an extremely important development in the area of digital commerce and has a far [...]
Are you looking for a global privacy law book or data protection book? There are many countries that have privacy, data protection and security laws. It can be very confusing to find all of them and compare them. All the [...]
