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Protect Scotland App and Your Privacy.
As Scotland experiences an increase in positive cases of COVID-19, and increased local restrictions, it was timely of the Scottish…
Posted on 11th September 2020
Why Redundancies Could Lead to Increased Subject Access Requests
An unanticipated consequence of the increase in redundancies resulting from the pandemic is that many organisations find themselves in…
Posted on 1st September 2020
Update: EDPB offers guidance on Schrems II Judgement
Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the recent Schrems II case the European Data Protection Board (the…
Posted on 3rd August 2020
Using data to combat COVID-19 in the workplace
Practical, Technical and Legal hints and tips for processing employee health data Morgan O'Neill, Director of Data Protection Services, …
Posted on 30th July 2020
Staying Connected in a Virtual Office.
Following the announcement on the 24th March that the UK was going into ‘lock-down’, most businesses had to flip their operating…
Posted on 28th July 2020
Personal Data Breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have recently released details of personal data breach trends linked to breaches reported…
Posted on 20th July 2020
European Court decision in Schrems II case could create compliance nightmare for EU organisations
Standard Contractual Clauses remain valid but EU-US Privacy Shield struck down On Thursday 16 July, the Court of Justice of the European…
Posted on 17th July 2020
No trace of the UK’s Track and Trace App
Back in May, it was all hands to the wheel to roll out the UK Government’s ‘Track and Trace’ contact tracing phone app to support existing…
Posted on 14th July 2020
Data Protection: How to stay safe while working from home
Practical, Technical and Legal hints and tips for best practice Morgan O'Neill, Director of Data Protection Services, and Phil Telfer, …
Posted on 30th June 2020
How to Approach Data Protection Impact Assessments
DPIAs have been a topic in the news recently with the ICO requesting that NHSX complete a DPIA for its COVID-19 contact tracing app for the…
Posted on 22nd June 2020
Remote working and data protection
Tips to reduce data protection risks when staff working from home As most of us find ourselves working remotely due to the COVID-19…
Posted on 17th April 2020
Morrisons Wins Supreme Court Ruling Over Data Breach
Last week the Supreme Court overturned the judgements of the High Court and the Court of Appeal in a case involving the unauthorised…
Posted on 7th April 2020
Coronavirus: Your Data Protection queries answered
In order to help our clients navigate some of data protection challenges which they may face as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, here are…
Posted on 18th March 2020
Handling Requests for Information from the Police
It is not uncommon for organisations to receive requests from the Police to share personal data held about employees, clients or visitors…
Posted on 2nd March 2020
Exit Day: What Happens Next for Data Protection?
Whether you sit in the pro-Brexit camp or in the Remain camp, Exit Day is here. We must now all accept that the UK will leave the EU at…
Posted on 31st January 2020
Thorntons appoints its first non-legal director for fresh data protection focus
Full service law firm Thorntons has appointed Morgan O’Neill as its new Director of Data Protection Services – the first role of its kind…
Posted on 26th August 2019
ICO issues first significant fines under GDPR
With fresh GDPR fines being issued at unprecedented levels, it’s important for organisations to ensure they aren’t next in line. Earlier…
Posted on 17th July 2019
Data Breaches – Top Tips for Business
In the year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, the number of breaches reported to the Information…
Posted on 25th June 2019
Guidance for Data Breach Victims
What should you do if your personal data is compromised? GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 impose rigorous data protection standards…
Posted on 23rd May 2019
Preparing for FOISA: Registered Social Landlords
Scotland’s registered social landlords (RSLs) will be subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA…
Posted on 5th April 2019
GDPR: Key cases so far
Google fined by national French data protection regulator On 21 January, Google LLC (Google’s French arm) was fined €50million by the…
Posted on 7th February 2019