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Consultancy Panel GDPR Advice? Ask Our Experts For one-off questions or ongoing, on-tap expertise, it’s good to have a GDPR Local data protection consultant on your side. Data protection specialist Zlatko Delev explains why. Let’s suppose that you run a growing tech services company in the US and you’re about to ramp up marketing activity […]

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Do I need an Article 27 Representative? Understanding Your GDPR Obligations in 2024

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Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) remains one of its most misunderstood requirements, even as we move into 2024. This article is a crucial part of your GDPR compliance, especially if your business operations fall outside the European Union (EU) or the United Kingdom (UK) but involve processing data from these regions. […]

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Is buying data legal and GDPR compliant?

This is a complicated question, but in short, using bought data is legal and in line with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). HOWEVER, this is only the case if it has been purchased in the right way, from the right source. GDPR states that, to contact an individual, you need explicit consent from them. Most […]

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Special category data

Special category data is personal data that needs more protection because it is sensitive.In order to lawfully process special category data, you must identify both a lawful basis under Article 6 of the UK GDPR and a separate condition for processing under Article 9. These do not have to be linked.You need to complete a data […]

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Principle (c): Data minimisation

What is the data minimisation principle? Article 5(1)(c) says: “1. Personal data shall be: (c) adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (data minimisation)” So you should identify the minimum amount of personal data you need to fulfil your purpose. You should hold that […]

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Data sharing: a code of practice

The UK Government has laid the Data Sharing Code of Practice before Parliament on 18 May 2021. It will lay before Parliament for 40 sitting days before coming into force. In 2011 the ICO published its first Data Sharing Code; in the intervening period the type and amount of data collected by organisations has changed […]

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What is a GDPR data processing agreement?

Virtually every business relies on third parties to process personal data. Whether it’s an email client, a cloud storage service, or website analytics software, you must have a data processing agreement with each of these services to achieve GDPR compliance. What needs to be in a data processing agreement GDPR Article 28 Section 3, explains […]

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Do you know how to recognize a SAR?

As per the GDPR Regulative there are certain rights that data subjects can obtain. One of the rights is the Right to Access . The right of access, commonly referred to as subject access, gives individuals the right to obtain a copy of their personal data, as well as other supplementary information. It helps individuals to […]

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ICO POST: Data sharing code

Very beneficial blog has been shared by Ali Shah, Head of Technology Policy Blog:Building on the data sharing code: our plans for updating our anonymisation guidance. Data is the lifeblood of the digital economy, and the sharing of personal data is key to opening up new opportunities. Data shared in healthcare environments can map out […]

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5 Facts about Data Protection  

Data protection is one of the most important topics of discussion in this expanding digital world . A lot of people and companies are not aware of what this means, and they would need to gain additional knowledge in order to understand the true meaning of this . Here are some facts about Data privacy […]

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