Cookies Can Kill You!
Website owners targeting EU and EEA EFTA residents must take steps to protect themselves following yet another court ruling. Websites that drop third-party […]
Category: Compliance
Convention 108: What and who?
As we have written about elsewhere on this site, Convention 108 was the first enforceable Data Protection transnational legislation globally. As the […]
European Data Protection and Data Privacy law
Without doubt Europe is driving the emergence of Data Protection laws across the globe. This tends to be framed as a result of […]
Do I have to do a Data Protection Impact Assessment?
The law across Europe now says a DPIA is required when the processing is “likely to result in a high risk to the rights and […]
CCTV and Data Privacy: What’s the story?
A sensible and well-designed and CCTV system is a powerful tool for deterring criminals and tackling security issues. On the other hand, […]
PECR: an Introduction
Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (PECR) refers to a set of European directives which have been issued and refined since 2002. These […]
Four key points to include in contracts between Data Controllers and Data Processors
The General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679), imposes clear requirements controlling the appointment of data processors by data controllers. One of these is a requirement prescribing various matters […]
GDPR Data Retention: Adequate, relevant and not excessive
Many people ask us how long they should store data for to be GDPR compliant. The very brief answer from the EU […]
Consent: one of six lawful bases to process personal data, in GDPR
Article 6 of Regulation 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (hereafter: GDPR). sets the conditions for a lawful personal data processing and describes the six and only […]
GDPR and Charities in Ireland
Ireland is fortunate in having a thriving voluntary sector. A sector which between employment, sport, caring and entertainment touches the lives of […]