Compliance Insights Articles

GDPR Accountability Principle: A Data Controller's Obligation

Accountability is not a new concept in data protection, but whereas the principle of accountability was implicit in the Data Protection...

Victoria Bell

Jan 22, 2019

What is a DPIA and what must you do when you need one?

Following the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation eleven weeks ago, the Information Commissioner’s Office have...

Robert Bell

Aug 7, 2018

Have you taken an overzealous approach to GDPR?

So, here we are, after years of anticipation the GDPR implementation date has finally passed…and the earth is still here. Despite...

Robert Bell

May 29, 2018

Pre-GDPR Audit – Check You’re Compliant

With the 25th May implementation date for the General Data Protection Regulation looming at the end of this week, our handy guide to...

Victoria Bell

May 22, 2018

What Your Data Protection Officer Should Be Doing This Week

With the implementation of GDPR less than a week away, firms across the country have been preparing for the new regulation. Most of us...

Robert Bell

May 16, 2018

Risks of Non-Compliance to GDPR

There have been plenty of articles about the risks and consequences of non-compliance, with most focusing on the maximum penalties, and a...

Victoria Bell

Apr 10, 2018

GDPR is All About Evolution, Not Revolution

Out with the old and in with the new. The rules relating to Data Protection are about to see the most dramatic change in years, if not...

Robert Bell

Apr 4, 2018

The Role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)

One of the changes to be introduced under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the requirement to appoint a data protection...

Victoria Bell

Feb 22, 2018

GDPR – The Role of Your Data Protection Policy

One question I have been asked recently is “what should be in our GDPR compliant Data Protection Policy?” In fact, it’s something I have...

Robert Bell

Jan 23, 2018

Regulatory Horizon for 2018

2018 promises to be a bumper year for compliance. I can hear what you are thinking, you’ll be muttering, “Isn’t it always?” Seriously,...

Robert Bell

Jan 18, 2018

Does your firm need a Data Protection Officer (DPO)?

The incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will replace the current Data Protection Act 1998 when it comes into force in May...

Robert Bell

Nov 28, 2017

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