It has been reported that the EU and the US are close to agreeing a deal on what will be a replacement for the EU-US Privacy Shield, deemed invalid in July 2020. Since then, we have had to rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC’s”) and of course in the UK we now have the new […]
GDPR & Governance (DO NOT USE)
IDTA’s webinar – an apology
Due to testing positive for COVID-19, the webinar scheduled for 25th March has been rescheduled to Friday 8th April. If you have already registered, your registration will be valid for that date, and if it’s not convenient you can always watch on demand any time after that. If you would like to register, you can […]
5% increase in legacy gift intentions
It does seem that people are more open to leaving a charity gift in their wills at the moment, so could you benefit too? Perhaps it is partly due to the COVID-19 statistics, and certainly the annual promotion around Will Aid https://www.willaid.org.uk/ really helps, but recent research has suggested that there is an increase in […]
7 questions about cybersecurity that your Boards need to ask
The Harvard Business Review has published an article listing the 7 pressing cybersecurity questions that Boards need to ask, and this applies no matter the type of organisation or country in which you operate. You can read the article here https://hbr.org/2022/03/7-pressing-cybersecurity-questions-boards-need-to-ask (it looks like you can access one article a month at no charge and […]
Meta (Facebook) fined €17m for breaching EU GDPR
Facebook has been fined €17 million by the Data Irish Protection Commission (“DPC”), the Irish equivalent of our own ICO. The fine relates to 12 personal data breaches that occurred in 2018, shortly after GDPR became law. The DPC found that Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) failed to have in place appropriate technical and organisational measures […]