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EU calls for ban on the use of biometric surveillance

By Luke Irwin September 8, 2021 Data privacy 0 Comments
The EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor) and the EDPB (European Data Protection Board) recently released a statement calling for a ban on the automated processing of biometric data. This includes facial recognition software, fingerprints, retinal scans and voice recognition software –...
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How to review data protection policies and procedures

By Luke Irwin September 1, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Organisations of all sizes rely on data protection policies and procedures to ensure that they process information effectively and in line with their regulatory requirements. But creating this documentation is often harder than it looks, with a lack of resources and...
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Zero-click attacks: What can SMEs do to improve their resilience?

By Martin Fletcher August 12, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
The Guardian recently dropped the first stories of an investigation it has been conducting alongside other organisations into a form of spyware produced by the NSO Group. When a story like this appears, GRCI Law’s clients often ask us to provide...
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What’s the future of international data transfers following Schrems II?

By Luke Irwin May 5, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Organisations that conduct international data transfers have had a frustrating few months. First, the European Court of Justice invalidated the EU–US Privacy Shield, then the UK left the EU without a clear legal basis for transferring personal data. If you’re confused...
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When is employee monitoring appropriate?

By Martin Fletcher April 21, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Day 371 of the home-working revolution: the rats have comfy new central London homes, small people keep asking me how to do long division and I fear I will never have a Friday fish-and-chip lunch at the pub again. During the...
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The smoking gun: How to speed up the discovery of data breaches

By Martin Fletcher March 24, 2021 Data privacy 0 Comments
In the summer of 2018, the incident that privacy obsessives had been waiting for happened: a major data breach, by a household name, in the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) era. Ticketmaster was the victim, having learned that a cyber...
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How to protect corporate data when an employee leaves

By Luke Irwin March 18, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Sooner or later, employees leave – and in almost all cases, they take their organisation’s sensitive data with them. You might think this threat is limited to employees who have been sacked or feel mistreated, but it’s a far more widespread...
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How to incorporate privacy by design into your business

By Luke Irwin March 11, 2021 Data privacy 0 Comments
Privacy by design is a framework designed to ensure that any new process or tool is designed and built with data privacy in mind. The concept isn’t new, but it has attracted greater attention in recent years as data protection and...
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RAC data breach: a lesson in data seeding

By Luke Irwin January 28, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Earlier this month, a former RAC employee was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for stealing company data and sharing it with another firm. An ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) investigation revealed that Kim Doyle transferred RAC customers’ names, mobile phone numbers and...
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Why your organisation must seed its databases

By Luke Irwin January 4, 2021 Data security 0 Comments
Seeding is the practice of planting dummy details into a database. Organisations do this so that they can monitor how the information is being handled and identify when it has been misused or breached. The practice is becoming increasingly popular, as...
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