Civil Society media offer a range of online training and the next dates have just been announced. You can find out more at https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/training.html, and they offer discounts to those with Civil Society Media subscriptions, for example if you are a CIoF member.
Author: Nick Swain
Charity Pulse 2026 report is available
Enthuse has published its 2026 Charity Pulse report, which aims to provide an in-depth view of the current state of the third sector – from digital innovation to events – and show how charities are set to fare in 2026. For the ‘price’ if your contact details, you can download the report from https://enthuse.com/insights/charity-pulse-report-2026/,
ICO issues fine for lack of children’s age checks
The ICO has fined an organisation almost £250,000 for failing to put in place basic protections to prevent children from accessing harmful and inappropriate material. You can read the ICO ruling at https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/02/imgur-owner-medialab-fined-over-children-s-privacy-failures/, but you can learn from this too. If you are processing material that is inappropriate for children to access, you should consider […]
Protect your details on the Companies House register
For some charities, their company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) may be at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public. If that is the case, you can apply to have your home address and date of birth removed from public display on the Companies House register. […]
Wrongly sent emails ‘most common data breach’
Yet again we are reminded that sending an email to the wrong recipient is the most common form of data beach. The BBC tech report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c363w8pjpklo concerns Guernsey, but this is a serious issue in the UK too. In its guidance on common data protection mistakes and how to fix them at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/advice-for-small-organisations/getting-started-with-gdpr/common-data-protection-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them, the ICO […]