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 [...]
I don't know about you but I think this is starting to be common practice in some retailers, the dreaded "Would you like your receipt emailed to you?". Now I know about data protection compliance and I know that this fills me with dread, especially if there is a queue, I could probably gather 5 or 6 emails addresses before they even get to me. :-) And its a really simple question isn't it. [...]
Roll Back time to March 2016. I had been receiving emails about dance classes for the last few months. I don't remember signing up for them and anyone who knows me will testify to the fact that I have no sense of rhythm at all. I'm never going to be a dancer. Anyway, somehow I had been added to this mailing list for salsa dance classes. I started receiving emails about January and on [...]