There are so many benefits to working from home, and with the enforced home working caused by the coronavirus lockdown, it’s suddenly a more appealing prospect.
But with home workers there are some extra data security measures you need to consider and plan for.
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The new normal doesn’t have to be the old normal. With the benefits of working from home realised, your business can move to a more dynamic working arrangement with home office remote workers, a smaller office space and a greener future.
Last year, British Airways suffered a data breach that resulted to the details of hundreds of thousands of its online user’s details being stolen, including email details and credit card details including the 3-digit security code from the back.
The GDPR came into force on the 25th May 2018. One year on we look back at the top questions we’ve been asked about GDPR, and review how it’s being implemented.
“People expect that their personal information will be treated with respect and privacy. Unfortunately, there are those who abuse their position of trust and the ICO will take action against them for breaking data protection laws.”
“People expect that their personal information will be treated with respect and privacy. Unfortunately, there are those who abuse their position of trust and the ICO will take action against them for breaking data protection laws.”
Facebook is fined £500,000 by the ICO for serious breaches of data protection laws after the Cambridge Analytica mass harvesting of user data. At least 1 million UK users, and 87 million users worldwide had their data harvested.
The ICO have released details of a Telford company who have been fined for a breach of the Data Protection Act in relation to the CCTV footage.
It’s been a month since the GDPR came into force and we’ve seen lots of great examples of organisations updating their processing policies to be more transparent with the information they process. However, we’ve also seen a few organisations that have ignored or poorly applied the GDPR and as such are in breach of the regulation and exposing themselves to reprimanding measures.
