We wait to hear how the UK government intends to change the UK GDPR in response to their ‘Data: A New Direction’ consultation, and that could be as soon as next week, I understand. In the meantime, The International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”) have an interesting article on the implications of possible divergence between […]
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Charity commission renews warning about cash couriers
The Charity Commission in partnership with SO15 Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police Service, have renewed warnings to charities, against the use of cash couriers. Following changes to the law and seizures of charitable funds held as cash, they have renewed their reminder to strongly advise charities against the use of cash couriering. In […]
Remove contact info from Google search
As reported on the BBC Technology pages https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-61309545, individuals can request that Google remove personal information (phone number, email, home address) from Google search results. Google already allows people to request removal of certain types of sensitive personal data, but this goes a step further. Google says that when it receives a request it may: […]
More UK GDPR and Governance insights
We have had a number of requests for more focus on the UK GDPR as well as Charity Governance, and so have decided to split the current single insight newsletter into two, Data Protection and Charity Governance. This will enable us to provide more focussed insight for you. As part of the change, everyone signed […]
Why everyone should ‘know your donors’
Trustees, fundraisers and your IT team all have a role to play in keeping your organisation safe. Whilst Trustees have overall legal responsibility, fundraisers should be undertaking due diligence on all donors and partners, and your IT team should be providing regular reports on suspicious activity, perhaps such as increasing donation amounts or uncharacteristic origins […]