The Data (Use and Access) Bill was given royal assent on 19th June and so is now law. However, on the recently created ICO pages https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/our-plans-for-new-and-updated-guidance/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/ where it mentions its response, they suggest we need to wait until Winter 2025/26 for any guidance. Realistically, charities cannot change the way in which they operate and take […]
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Top 10 Digital Technology Risks
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”) has complied a list of the top 10 digital technology risks, and this should make it easy for you to add the relevant ones to your charity risk register, and take action. You can find the details, including a helpful infographic, at https://iapp.org/resources/article/navigate-digital-risk-index/.
Your Meta AI searches might be made public – did you know?
BBC Tech had an interesting report that Meta AI users prompts and the results might be made public, and you can read it at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0573lj172jo. Before a post is shared, a message pops up which says: “Prompts you post are public and visible to everyone… Avoid sharing personal or sensitive information.” So people are being […]
Windows 11 tip for multiple monitors
Many people work from home and just use a laptop but if you connect with multiple external monitors, here are a couple of shortcut keys you might find useful. Shift-Windows key-Left/Right – move the current window to the left or right monitor. Windows-Left/Right/Up/Down – resize the current window to occupy the left/right/top/bottom of the screen.
Data (Use and Access) Bill ready for Royal Assent so what’s next?
Within the last few days, the Data (Use and Access) Bill has completed its stages through Parliament and is ready for Royal Assent at a date to be confirmed. This means that the charity soft opt-in will become law, perhaps before the summer recess. So what happens next? Well, as we have mentioned here and […]