Virtually all industries have been experiencing significant, and sometimes complex change over the last few years. In order to keep up in this rapidly-evolving world, your business must be adaptable.
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Month: October 2018


Dealing with subject access requests
In the pre-implementation phase, most GDPR compliant efforts were focused on securing the data held by your business. With potentially huge GDPR fines at stake, tightening security makes perfect sense.

Article 29 Working Party, and GDPR Article 29
In the run up to the General Data Protection Regulation going live, a lot of attention was given to the Article 29 data protection working party. Made up of representatives from the data protection authority of each EU Member State, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission, the Article 29 working party was tasked with providing data protection advice to member states.

Regtech to the rescue
MiFID II, PSD2 and GDPR all focus on data – either opening up access or strengthening its protection. Without the right data solution, financial service providers risk coming unstuck, writes Karen Watson of Consentric by MyLife Digital.
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Seeing double? Now dedupe with Consentric Merge
We all know that having an accurate and up to date database of contacts is critical for building and maintaining customer relationships. A database filled with duplicates records and misspelt fields leads to sub-standard customer interaction, increased costs and the risk of fines due to non-compliance. Thankfully the Consentric team are here to manage the associated Permissions changes with our new feature ‘Merge’.

GDPR and the Rights of the Data Subject
The General Data Protection Regulation contains numerous references to a “data subject”, before going on to outline their rights under the legislation. But who is the data subject, and why do they matter so much to your business?
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Research & Information we recommend
- Accenture, Guarding and Growing Personal Data Value
- BBC, Could new data laws end up bankrupting your company
- BCS, Personal Data Guardianship Code
- Bird & Bird, Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation
- Caldicott Review, National Data Guardian for Health and Care Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs
- Chartered Institute of Marketing. Whose Data is it Anyway
- Data Protection Network, Guidance on the use of Legitimate Interests under the EU General Data Protection Regulation
- DMA, Six legal bases for processing data
- Edelman, Trust Barometer 2018
- EU, General Data Protection Regulation
- EU, WP29 November Press Release
- IAPP, 2018 Privacy Tech Vendor Report
- ICO, GDPR Consent Guidance for Consultation
- ICO, 12 steps
- ICO, Guide to GDPR
- MyLife Digital, Trust in the Digital Age, a white paper
- Orange, The Future of Digital Trust
- UK Gov, The Data Protection Act 1998
- UK Gov, The Data Protection Bill Factsheet – Overview
- UK Gov, A New Data Protection Bill: Our Planned Reforms
- UK Gov, The Data Protection Bill
- UK Gov, The Data Protection Bill Briefing Paper 1st March 2018
- UN, Declaration of Human Rights
- World Economic Forum, Rethinking Personal Data: A New Lens for Strengthening Trust
- Your Public Interest Registry, Global NGO Technology Report 2017 (N.B they request your email to download the report)