The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a new Cyber Action Plan tool, aimed at organisations with up to 50 employees (there are versions for individuals and families too). By answering a few simple questions, it creates a personalised cyber security actions checklist and provides links to other free NCSC resources. If you have the […]
Data Protection
Retained EU Law bill pause and its implications for UK GDPR
Commentators have noticed that the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) seems to have been paused. The government website https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3340/stages shows that the date for the House of Lords report stage has been removed, with no explanation. The Bill had undergone some negative comments regarding the complexity of reversing so many changes (estimated at […]
Easter break and free webinars
This week’s insights are shorter due to the Easter holiday, but normal service will be resumed next time. We have also decided that the free webinar programme will take a short break whilst we reflect on how to deliver even more value to you. The programme will hopefully return in a couple of months; meanwhile […]
UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No2) Bill update
The second reading of the UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No2) Bill is scheduled for 17th April, at which point we should know the scope of any amendments that the government, or others, wish to table. This will give us a better view of the final shape of the replacement for the UK GDPR, […]
Don’t forget your Transfer Risk Assessments!
Many DPO’s and privacy managers are in the process of migrating existing SCC’s to IDTA’s in preparation for the 2024 deadline (new contracts should have had IDTA’s since last year). But a few people we have spoken to, did not realise that each IDTA normally needs to be accompanied by a Transfer Risk Assessment (“TRA”). […]