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Navigating Compliance: GDPR & SOC 2 Compared

Posted on November 21, 2023 (November 21, 2023) by Zlatko Delev

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What is SOC 2? What are the similarities and differences between it and the GDPR? And does your organisation need to ensure it is compliant with both? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) isn’t the only data protection standard in town. You’ll probably be aware that there are others — some mandatory and others voluntary. […]

Legal and Privacy Challenges of Data Scraping in the Digital Age

Posted on November 17, 2023 (November 17, 2023) by Marin Milenkoski

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Data Scraping – beyond the familiar term, what secrets does it hold? Throughout this insightful blog, Marin Milenkoski explores the complex world of data scraping and examines the legal and privacy aspects of gathering publicly available information, a practice that is widely used, but often misunderstood. Data scraping, also known as data harvesting, can be […]

Unlocking Compliance: Understanding the Significance of Data Retention in GDPR

Posted on July 5, 2023 (July 5, 2023) by Daniela Atanasovska

The Essential Roadmap: Navigating Data Retention Policy and Schedule in GDPR Compliance Storage limitation is one of the fundamental principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It requires that personal data should be kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than what is necessary for the purposes for […]

Lawful way of direct marketing using live calls

Posted on October 6, 2022 (March 7, 2023) by Zlatko Delev

It’s important that you understand the rules when you’re making your marketing calls. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) cover live telephone calls made for direct marketing purposes. This guidance discusses live marketing calls in detail. Read it if you have detailed questions not answered in the Guide to PECR, or […]

All that you need to know about lawful basis for processing data

Posted on April 12, 2021 (March 7, 2023) by Zlatko Delev

The lawful bases for processing are set out in Article 6 of the UK GDPR. At least one of these must apply whenever you process personal data: Consent: the individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose. Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract you have with the […]