An interesting question was asked of us recently, whether a subject access request only applies to information which names the data subject. The short answer is ‘not necessarily’ so let’s look at an example. Imagine that the minutes of a meeting refer to a person not by name, but by their job title. According to […]
Author: Nick Swain
Whistleblowing rights for trustees
A tribunal has found that a trustee who reported concerns to the regulator about his charity was not entitled to whistleblowing protection. It seems that this is the first time that whistleblowing protection has been tested when it applies to trustees. We all hope that things never to get to this stage, but you might […]
Investment benchmark survey published
From an article in Civil Society Media, the twelfth edition of the Investment Survey for Charities, Endowments and Foundations is now available – offering fresh insights into how charities are adapting their investment strategies amid ongoing uncertainty. You can download the report and check its insights against your own using the link https://www.newtonim.com/uk-charities/insights/charity-investment-survey.
Do you (and your users) know about ClickFix attacks?
As far as we are aware, few cybersecurity training modules include ClickFix attacks and so you might like to consider this and its relevance for your systems and users. For a good write-up see page 13 of the latest SecurityNow! show notes available as PDF with the link https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1066-notes.pdf.
RNLI to recruit more face-to-face fundraisers
The popularity of face-to-face fundraising tends to vary over time, but we note that RNLI is hoping to recruit more face-to-face fundraisers to help raise funds and share water safety messages around the coast. When did you last consider if face-to-face fundraising has a place in your fundraising portfolio? Remember that the Code of Fundraising […]