News & Comment
Oliver Price’s Weekly GDPR Blog #11 - Work Place CCTV
15/12/2017
This week I provided my training talk about the new GDPR Rules to a forum of local HR Managers. They asked lots of questions and came up with some new and interesting views about the changes. One of those areas is the use of close circuit television (CCTV) for the monitoring of employees in the work place and how to comply with subject access requests.
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Oliver Price’s Weekly GDPR Blog #10 – Don’t Panic, Keep Calm and Export Data Overseas
14/12/2017
This week I spoke to two animated business groups - Inspire Chambers of Commerce Elevate group and also the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program Cohort 5 at Oxford University. Both groups asked about data transfers, that is when data that you are processing goes outside the UK. This can happen for a number of reasons, including as a result of cloud computer arrangements and so I explain the basics here.
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Oliver Price’s Weekly GDPR Blog #9 – Don’t Leave your Head in the Clouds
30/11/2017
I am often asked about cloud computing arrangements. The new EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will require adequate security measures to be taken so that personal data about individuals is protected from loss, alteration or unauthorised access by third parties.
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Oliver Price’s Weekly GDPR Blog #8 – Keep Data under Lock and Key
24/11/2017
This week I presented a seminar to the HR Dept at their annual conference. HR professionals are well used to the importance of managing sensitive information and some interesting issues came up.
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Oliver Price’s Weekly GDPR Blog #7 – The Data Protection Officer
17/11/2017
Last week I explained the requirement for a data protection officer (“DPO”). This week I set out what the role entails and as you will see this is a significant one with wide responsibilities.
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Important Update: HMRC Trusts Registration Service
17/11/2017
HMRC have introduced a new trust registration service (know as ‘TRS’) which replaces their current system of paper registration for trusts and complex estates.
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