The ICO blog has issued an important reminder for public and private organisations that new data protection legislation does not stop...

I have been involved in a complaint made by an employee of a school that the school has breached the DPA 2018 and GDPR by disclosing data...

The BBC News website has today published an article about people still using passwords that almost invite hackers to steal their data....

I would just like to say a big thank you to all the schools that have used my services in the past few months and to all the delegates...

An article giving full details can be found at the Birmingham Mail's website: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pupils-...

The ICO has published updated guidance on Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) which replaces...

Many of my client schools and quite few others have asked for my opinion as to whether they should sign up to this agreement, which was...

The ICO has published details of fines they have made for failure to register and pay the appropriate fees. Details can be found at:...

Google has been fined 50 million euros, which is roughly £44 million, by the French data regulator CNIL, for a breach of GDPR. The fine...

The ICO has published their revised guide to data protection, which covers the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR as it applies in the...

Organisations should remember that although GDPR does not require payment of a registration fee, our own Data Protection Act 2018 does. ...

Just to let everyone know that the ICO has published new guidance on this subject. The guidance can be found at:...

Most of you will be aware that since May last year the ICO has been able to carry out inspections of organisations that process personal...

Yesterday I saw a Birmingham Mail article online about a coach catching fire on the motorway whilst conveying a party of children from...

When running training courses and speaking at conferences I am often asked whether any school staff have been prosecuted for Data...

I can't believe it is the last day of the year as 2018 has flown by. GDPR has been at the forefront of my working life this year and it...

Clients often ask me for simple and, often more importantly, free ways to send data and I have come across a good one recently whilst...

One of my little pleasures during the Christmas break is to watch the celebrity Christmas University Challenge series. In one of the...

It may be Christmas outside... but internet fraudsters are still phishing here for your data and some phishing emails are quite...

Another year has gone by in a flash... I'm not sure if I'm just getting old or whether GDPR has taken it's toll. I'd just like to wish...