The Irish Data Protection Commission (the Irish equivalent of our own ICO) has fined Twitter £400,000 over how it handled a data breach in January 2019. Twitter was accused of not reporting within 72 hours and not documenting the data breach properly; they have accepted responsibility. The problem relates to a bug affecting Android users […]
WhatsApp to share data with Facebook outside EU and UK
If you use WhatsApp (and you are one of 2 billion if you do) you will have seen messages inviting you to accept new terms, in which WhatsApp and Facebook can share data. You can skip them for now, but you will need to accept them by 8th February to continue using WhatsApp. However, Facebook […]
Another reason to have a legacy programme
I have previously suggested that every charity ought to have a basic legacy programme, as they are easy to set up and can generate significant amounts of income to help you deliver your impact (legacy fundraising has the highest ROI of all the methods). A high court case reported by Kingsley Napley solicitors, and also […]
Passwords 101
The Dutch authorities have confirmed that a Dutch ‘ethical hacker’ managed to access President Donald Trump’s Twitter account in October. The security research revealed screenshots of the President’s Twitter account, and he states that it only took 4 attempts to guess the password. For a long time, I have been recommending the use of a […]
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A cornerstone of being able to demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations and best practice, is to know exactly what personal you hold, what it’s used for, who has access to it and how long it should be retained for. Larger organisations have a statutory responsibility to hold a Record of Processing Activities (“RoPA”), but […]