GDPR: Personal Data Transfers to and from the EEA/EU Post-Brexit It is August 2019 and it finally looks like the UK will leave the European Union within a few months and until the UK has formally left the EU (Brexit), UK organisations who are data controllers and/or data processors remain subject to the EU General […]
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY COMES ASKING FOR ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA? EU GDPR / UK DATA PROTECTION 2018 A UK based company contacts us for guidance as the police have contacted them asking for access to the personal data of a customer. The company believes it is compliant with data protection […]
IS ANONYMISED DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA TRULY ANONYMISED? Over the past few decades, the volume of digital data has grown significantly[1] and amongst that data is a high proportion of personal data[2] which makes useful and valuable information to organisations, public and commercial, and researchers. Anonymisation of data is not a new process and has historically […]
GDPR – We Employee Less than 250, we’re Exempt from Keeping Records of Data Processing Activities, right? This question pops up in discussion forums and from clients quite a bit and deserves a good examination of the new data protection laws, particularly Article 30 (5) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)[i], as there appears […]
Thinking of Inviting Existing Customers to Reaffirm their Marketing Preferences ahead of the GDPR? Think carefully, read on… There are many clients who are rightly looking at how they can explicitly confirm that existing customers either want to receive marketing emails, general contact, etc. ahead of the GDPR coming into force. This is a nice […]
Are you a Director or Manager or Member in an Organisation resisting the resourcing of GDPR Activities? Best read on then… You will not often get an article from me about the ‘scary bits’ in the GDPR; I’m a glass-half-full kind of a person however, on this news, I’ve made an exception… The GDPR (General Data […]
The principle purpose of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is to deliver the ‘Rights of Data Subjects’ identified in Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR and (Article 1(1)) lays down rules relating to the protection of Natural [Living] Persons (Data Subjects) with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to […]
We had a question from a client we’re supporting through their journey to GDPR compliance and our GDPR Practitioner had developed a view on the solution, so we checked it with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) and they agreed with us. We thought we’d share it with you here as many of you may well […]
As a Practitioner of GDPR, our Director Gary Payne follows a number of GDPR discussion groups in Facebook, LinkedIn and elsewhere and he never fails to be surprised by the number of people who post comments on GDPR or who write ‘authoritative’ articles on GDPR which contain sometimes small, simple errors and sometime blatant misleading […]
We often receive enquiries from people who have approached an Awarding Organisation regarding the Professional Recognition Awards, and then are under the impression that they can simply ‘swap’ their existing qualifications that they have gathered through their careers, i.e. in Military Service, Private Sector Industry, etc. for the appropriate Level of Professional Recognition Award.This is not […]
The latest Edition (2nd) of Ann Gravells immensely useful book ‘Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA)’ is now available through Learning Matters via Amazon (See link below – book image ). Ann has a great record in producing books and resources that are effective and useful to learners. This focused and comprehensive text […]
How to Achieve your Assessor Qualification This information is provided in good faith and in summary form. Please feel free to contact us directly for further guidance. You may now be fully aware that there are 4 assessor qualifications so firstly, identify which of the four current assessor qualifications you need – refer to this […]
