I'm a small business so the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation don't apply to me. You would be surprised how frequently I hear this and I even heard it from a solicitor who told facts vs myths, newspaper article text me that there was a small business exemption! The legislation around how to handle a persons information including how to collect, store, handle and destroy that information is [...]
This is a question which I frequently hear and often extending it to its full name of the General Data Protection Regulation doesn't prove any more enlightening to the person asking the question. GDPR is the regulation agreed by the European Community as the standard that should be in place across the EU when handling a persons information. It's the replacement for the European directive that became the Data Protection Act. Simply put, GDPR [...]
We have just got a new puppy, turns out she is a rich source of potential data protection and GDPR breaches. :-) Lets start with trying to insure her. We already have another dog so I rang to get a quote for adding her to the policy. The lovely person gave me a quote and then asked if I would like it emailed to me. I said yes, this was my first mistake. I [...]