Do you need to register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)? The ICO is the supervisory body for the UK with regard to data protection matters. Under the old Data Protection Act the ICO had a list of Data Controllers. The need to maintain a list of data Controllers disappeared with GDPR, BUT in order to fund the ICO, a bill was passed which means that the ICO maintains a register of fee payers. [...]
We've been helping businesses get their privacy policies in place over the last couple of weeks. It's been a surprise to find so many businesses not having a basis privacy policy in place on their website. We write bespoke privacy policies. We also selling a template privacy policy which you can adapt for your use. There is no excuse for having a privacy policy which doesn't meet the requirements. So what should a privacy [...]
When I interact with a website, I always look at the privacy policy, a bit sad, I know but it tells me a lot about a business and their attitude to privacy. A privacy policy should include certain information to meet the requirements of data protection. My daughter recently wanted to buy some clothing from a large retailer. Their privacy policy was poor and had not been updated as a result of GDPR which [...]
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 [...]