Most of us are simply sitting back, hoping that the storm will blow over and waiting for the powers that be to get their collective acts together and sort this all out.
Data protection breach: France bring forward increase in fines
15th February 2016
It appears France have decided they cannot wait until the GDPR comes in to force in 2018 to impose fines of up to 4% of global revenue for a serious data protection breach.
EU-US Privacy Shield update. What does Privacy Shield mean for my business?
10th February 2016
http://politi.co/1Q6T2QtThe new data transfer era has a brand name, political will, and some important new US legislation (Judicial Redress), but that's about it for substance!
Meet the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
17th December 2015
The new EU-wide data protection laws have finally been agreed. In the UK we will now be saying goodbye to the Data Protection Act 1998 and 'welcoming' in the new EU Regulations (GDPR)
Join me and a great group of speakers at Tower Bridge next week to talk about harnessing the power of personalisation without breaching privacy laws and privacy bubbles!http://bit.ly/1RTDLWh
Heads-up for Marketers and web agencies. If you borrow someone elses images without their permission, the fines can grow quickly, particularly when the law takes in to account additional damages which can far outweigh any compensatory damages.
I read this morning that hacktivist group Anonymous, under its Operation Italy(#OpItaly) banner claims to have stolen 1TB of data, including unencrypted passwords, from Italy's Expo 2015 ticket provider Best Union.
This week the ICO has fined the Welsh Police for losing a video recording which formed part of the evidence in a sexual abuse case. Despite the DVDs containing a graphic and disturbing account, the discs were unencrypted and left in a desk drawer.
