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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
20 April 2015
Data security breaches – the consequences of concealment
If an organisation loses your personal data, would you expect them to tell you about it? The media’s appetite for reporting stories of laptops lost on trains and cyber criminals’ ever more sophisticated hacking techniques is a reflection of the increasing importance of data security to consumers and corporates alike.
3 February 2015
New Year, New Fitness App – but do you know what is being done with your data?
Whether you were watching Jools Holland, the fireworks or out on the town on New Year’s Eve, I imagine that when the clock struck midnight you joined millions of others in celebrating and later proclaiming your resolutions for a healthier 2015. You may have even decided to do ‘Dry January’ or, as I like to call it, Dryer January.
27 January 2015
Top tips on data protection for growing businesses
Any organisation that handles and captures customer or employee data, whether it be on a server, in a cloud or even on a usb stick, needs to follow the appropriate data protection laws in doing so or it can face heavy penalties.
23 January 2015
European Parliament demands legal communications are protected from surveillance
Following the frank admission by the Dutch Minister of Security that a law firm, Prakken d’Oliveira, had been under surveillance for years by the Dutch secret service, a question was raised in the European Parliament last week concerning the apparent tolerance by the EU of secret surveillance of legal communications and the steps which would be taken to ensure that Member States respected lawyer-client confidentiality.
12 January 2015
Watch this space: Domestic CCTV cameras and public areas
The presence of CCTV cameras has become an accepted, if not always welcome, part of the background to modern life. Although both the Information and Surveillance Commissioners have provided clear guidance with respect to the use of CCTV by businesses and organisations, “domestic” surveillance has been treated as an exception. Following the decision of the European Court of Justice in the case of Ryneš (C-212/13), this may be about to change.