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  Zandilli Lucien

Children’s Code transitionary period ends in less than 6 months

The children’s code transitionary period, which saw its inception on 2nd September 2020, ends in less than 6 months. All online services are expected to be in compliance with this code by September 2021.  Last year, we reported that the Children’s Code, then known as the Age Appropriate Design Code was about to come into
marzo 17, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Two companies fined by the ICO, for sending millions of nuisance text messages during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICO has issued fines to two companies for over 2.7 million spam messages sent out during the pandemic.    Between May and July, 2020, two companies sent out a total of 2.7 million spam text messages in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in several thousand complaints, including a record 10,000
marzo 12, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Marketing Executive banned by the Insolvency Service for thousands of unsolicited marketing calls.

Marketing executive banned by the Insolvency Service for six years after making 75,500 unsolicited marketing calls. A former director of a marketing company has been banned from acting as a director or directly or indirectly becoming involved, in the promotion, formation or management of a company, without the permission of the court. For the next
diciembre 2, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

ICO provides SAR guidance for organizations receiving requests.

ICO provides SAR guidance to simplify the process for, and give better understanding to organizations receiving subject access requests.   The ICO published information last month, geared at giving guidance to organizations who may receive subject access requests (SARs). As the weight of personal data becomes more apparent to individuals, more people are exercising their
noviembre 6, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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A data broking investigation by ICO results in enforcement action against Experian.

A data broking investigation conducted over the past two years has resulted in an enforcement action against the company Experian.   A data broking investigation into Experian as well as Equifax and TransUnion and their use of personal data within their data broken businesses has resulted in enforcement action. The ICO published a report earlier
octubre 30, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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CPS Advisory fined for unauthorized cold calls

CPS Advisory faces ICO fine for making more than 100,000 unauthorized pension-related direct marketing calls.    As technological advances, globalization—and now worldwide health & safety threats (such as COVID-19)—continue to catapult our world further into the remote sphere, more and more businesses are turning to cold calling and other such distanced customer engagement methods to
septiembre 18, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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EU-US Privacy Shield invalidation business implications follow-up

Since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield in their Schrems II judgement delivered two weeks ago, many questions have arisen around international data transfers to the US. After the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield by the CJEU two weeks ago, as reported by Aphaia, data transfers
agosto 7, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

BCR Changes for Brexit: EDPB releases statement guiding enterprises.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released a statement of guidance on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), for groups of undertakings, or enterprises which have the UK ICO as their lead supervisory authority (BCR Lead SA).   The EDPB released a statement of guidance on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), for groups of undertakings, or enterprises which
agosto 5, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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Approximately Nine Million EasyJet Customers Hacked

EasyJet reveals that some nine million of its customers have been affected by a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack”    Nine million EasyJet customers have been hacked according to  a recent BBC news article. In January this year EasyJet became aware of a cyber attack which had affected millions of its customers and  is now, based on
mayo 20, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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The Age of Remote Meetings: Privacy Considerations for Video Conferencing.

In the age of remote work meetings, what are the privacy considerations for video conferencing for remote workers and employers?   We are in the age of remote meetings and interactions as social distancing became our new normal almost overnight, and this has brought with it a dependence on video meetings and the importance of
mayo 6, 2020 Comments (0) Share