Well, does it really seem 2 years since GDPR came into effect? So much has happened, and if you are like most people I speak with, it has been difficult to keep the focus on making sure you stay compliant. Unless you have your own DPO, it’s likely that you would benefit from our data […]
Free charity retail re-opening pack
The Charity Retail Association has published a free guide to reopening. At the time of writing, the UK government has said that non-essential shops can reopen from 15th June provided that they can be COVID-Secure. This guide goes into detail on what you should do, and what you need to think about in the run-up […]
Instagram takes donations
Instagram has launched Live Donations, where users can raise money for a charity and 100% of the monies raised is passed on. It’s currently aimed at non-profits involved in COVID-19 support, but more may follow. Getting started is as easy as: Tap the camera icon in the top left of your Instagram Feed and this […]
COVID-19 cybercrime risks
The Charity Commission has produced a very good summary of the types of fraud and cybercrime which are particularly prevalent at the moment, and I would encourage you to review it. Entitled ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): increased risk of fraud and cybercrime against charities‘ the microsite includes resources such as: Webinar from the Charity Fraud Awareness hub […]
Zoom gets more secure
I wonder if anyone has not used Zoom recently? I suppose there must be some, but licenses went from 10 million before COVID-19 to more than 300 million now. Zoom have been playing catch up a little to make things more secure, although many of the changes have been to turn on the security settings […]
160,000 suspicious emails for SERS
In the first couple of weeks since Action Fraud launched its Suspicious Email Reporting Service (“SERS”) more than 160,000 emails have been received from the public, and 1,400 links to bogus sites have been taken down. So far, the topics have included: COVID-19 products including testing kits, face masks and even vaccines Links supposedly from […]