The origin of Data Protection Impact Assessments
The use of an assessment methodology to personal understand privacy risks and rights has been known since the mid-1990s [1]. The growing […]
Category: GDPR
Brexit & International Data Transfers
International data transfers from the EU EU data protection law has evolved to provides common standards for data protection across Member States. […]
Re-Identification of anonymised data sets
Many people seem that believe that a personal data can be anonymised by just writing over the identifier with asterixis. This is […]
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 […]
Data Breaches across Europe
A Data Protection Commission 2018 survey reported that GDPR awareness amongst Irish SMEs is pleasingly high (90%). However, a 2018 MicroWarehouse survey […]
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, […]
The What, Which, When & Who of DPIAs
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are an often misunderstood element of GDPR compliance. Like so much of the GDPR there is little precision in […]
What do you need in a GDPR privacy statement?
Since the coming into force of the EU’s GDPR you will have noticed many GDPR privacy statements. This is driven by the GDPR’s […]
Guest Blog by TenFold – Understanding the GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
The GDPR–or General Data Protection Regulation–is a regulation passed by the European Union on April 27, 2016, with an effective start date […]
First five questions for GDPR compliance
When confronted with the looming deadline of May 2018 for GDPR compliance there are five big questions any organisation should ask. Who deals with personal […]