As more employees settle into the ‘new normal’ of home working, organisations need to be extra vigilant to the increase in cyber and other security-related risks attached to online and remote working. Whilst most home workers can use secure Wi-Fi connections, this is not the case for everyone. Some still need to use unsecured public […]
Credit reporting agency found to be using personal data for marketing purposes without data subjects’ consent The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to Experian, the credit reporting agency, asking it to make changes on how it handles personal data within its direct marketing services. The ICO has given Experian 9 months […]
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) is an EU regulation which came into effect on 25 May 2018 and has set a new benchmark for the processing of personal data. It applies to any organisation that is processing the personal information of data subjects inside the EEA. The Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 sits alongside […]
What are the Implications and Next Steps for Your Organisation? On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgement on the adequacy of both the Privacy Shield and standard contract clauses (SCCs). The EU-US Privacy Shield is a mechanism that enables participating companies to meet the EU requirements for […]
As an accredited Cyber Essentials certification body (CB), URM handles a significant number of applications every year from a wide variety of organisations and business sectors. For many organisations looking to achieve cyber essentials certification, having to complete a self-assessment can be challenging, particularly if they have not previously had to verify their IT infrastructure […]
With the transition period following the UK’s exit from the EU set to end on 31 December 2020, those organisations that rely on personal data transfers from the EU to the UK are looking to ensure that the transfers remain lawful from 1 January 2021. While there are a couple of frontrunners amongst the options […]
Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the return to the workplace is presenting organisations across the globe with a number of challenges. In this blog, we will be addressing the challenge of maintaining compliance with applicable data protection legislation as new controls are proposed that involve processing staff health data for new purposes. Compliance Wheel: Assess the […]
A great many organisations have recently realised that their business continuity plans (BCPs) failed to consider a scenario in which a global pandemic necessitates total remote working. As such, continuing to maintain business as usual with staff confined to their homes has been challenging. Not least of the many challenges, this has created concerns PCI […]
Many organisations have had to adapt very quickly to the rapidly changing restrictions brought in across the globe to help combat the spread of COVID-19 and, in a lot of cases, this has meant that the majority, if not all staff, rapidly transitioned to working from home. And because most business continuity plans didn’t consider […]