I am excited to once again be working with Nas Hussain and her colleagues, many of whom I have known in other capacities over the years....

I know that for many of you working in schools it has been a busy and stressful year so I hope you all get to take a meaningful break to...

The time of year is approaching when I am asked by schools what would happen if they were to receive a Freedom of Information request...

Once in a while, I choose to post something on here that isn't GDPR related and this is one of those occasions. My son Tom, who some of...

I have recently been asked by some of my clients what the situation is regarding data transfers to the United States. The EU are...

The ICO has published some useful new guidance on this topic. The guidance can be found at:- https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/sme-web...

The DfE have a useful new toolkit available on the website that gives guidance on all aspects of how schools should manage this topic. It...

Probably the most frequent question I am asked is how secure is email nowadays and do we still need to encrypt attachments and personal...

The ICO has shown a clear statement of intent with the a £17 million (at this stage provisional) fine to Clearview AI, which is just...

Not everyone seems to be aware we have a Surveillance Camera Commissioner as well as an Information Commissioner. There is a useful...

Over the last few months I have encountered more and more schools that have been frustrated by Birmingham City Council staff saying they...

I am being asked more and more frequently about data sharing so I thought it might be worth making people aware of the excellent guidance...

For those of you haven't seen it there is a very interesting article on the use of facial recognition technology in schools on the TES...

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is "How do you do a DPIA?" I'm always happy to explain but the ICO has some useful...

The ICO has recently updated its guidance on public authority data held on private devices. This can be found at:...

On 3rd November, the ICO website provided the following update:- "Elizabeth Denham’s term as the Information Commissioner comes to an end...

The current Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, was due to leave her post earlier this year, as I have been telling my clients...

Many of you will know that I'm am avid record collector and one of my all-time favourite songs is David Bowie's "Five Years" from the...

The Information Commissioner's Office has released some new teaching material to enable schools to prepare their pupils for using their...

The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office blog has recently announced the appointment of Fraser Sampson to this post from 1st March...