Tag: GDPR advice
Your questions answered on the UK GDPR & Data Protection issues
The UK left the EU and the transitional period ended on 31 December 2020. The GDPR was incorporated into UK data protection law (such as the Data Protection Act 2018) as the “UK GDPR” before the UK left the EU. There is little change to the core data protection law in the UK before and... Read more »
GDPR issues – Do work emails count as personal data?
Is it true that work email addresses are not considered personal data? This question has been quite common lately. The straightforward response is that work email addresses indeed qualify as personal data. If you can ascertain the identity of an individual, whether directly or indirectly (even within a professional context), the General Data Protection Regulation... Read more »
Facebook, BA and Marriott – time to get pragmatic with GDPR compliance
What is the issue? Earlier this month British Airways and Marriott International received notice for hefty fines (£183 million for BA and £99 million for Marriott) for breaches of data protection law. This is the first time that the ICO, the UK’s GDPR supervisory authority, issued notice for fines under the new data protection regime... Read more »