privacy Archives - GDPR Advisors

13 02, 2024

Market Research and Security Questionnaires

Market Research and Working Internationally - Security Questionnaires When a small market research agency is looking to work with large multinational corporations, one of the hurdles you may encounter is completing their procurement and security questionnaires for third party vendors. These detailed questionnaires allow corporations to assess potential vendors, partners, and agencies across areas like data security, privacy practices, and more. When working with large corporates who have dedicated legal and procurement teams, these [...]

24 02, 2020

Vishing Calls – What they are and how to handle them

Vishing calls are not new. They have been happening for a while but after an incident at one of my clients recently and then a discussion with one of my groups, I thought I would cover it here. You can stop reading know if you think you know it all! A vishing call is where someone contacts you by phone and then tries to get information from you. This information may be personal to [...]

14 10, 2019

Is your contractor being evasive?

Does it ring alarm bells with you when a contractor is unable to provide you with basic information about their data protection practices? A company that is working on your behalf but unable to tell you how they use the personal information you provide. It does with me. Even more so if they have no idea what I am talking about when I request a data protection policy. Recently one of my clients was [...]

19 11, 2017

Think you won’t get caught if you don’t comply with GDPR, think again..

I'm going to let you into a little secret. I can go to your website and just by looking at it, I can tell whether you comply with GDPR. It's not magic or clever. Once you know what GDPR requires of a business, anyone with that knowledge can go to a website and see if a business complies. Looking at a privacy notice will tell you whether they are meeting the latest requirements about [...]