We recently discussed the issue of legitimate interest as it applies to GDPR, and alluded to the fact that this is one area of the legislation that marketing departments will really have to sit up and take notice of.

IT support means different things to different companies and agencies. For a bigger business, it takes in everything from their full roadmap, growth plans and project management to the telephone system and end-to-end operations. A smaller company might not even think of their simpler requirements, such as making sure they maintain strong connectivity and...

With GDPR on its way in May 2018, one of the big concerns for businesses, particularly SMEs, is going to be the identification, protection and processing of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Knowing what sensitive data your organisation holds and whether it complies with new legislation could be a lot more complicated than it seems, but there are...

Project documentation is arguably one of the most important elements of any new venture. It’s designed to ensure project requirements are met and guarantee full end-to-end traceability, including what’s been done, who did it, why and when.  

The GDPR legislation coming into effect from 25 May 2018 is a comprehensive, but complex, piece of legislation that many organisations will struggle to get to grips with. It’s not enough to know you need to comply, you also need to know why, so, having discussed the issue of consent, we now turn to another key area of the legislation: legitimate interest.

With time ticking away rapidly on the GDPR countdown to 25 May 2018, organisations have about six months left to transform the way they collect and process data, to comply with this new EU-wide regulation.

It doesn’t matter if your organisation is a multinational or an SME, you need to have a strong IT security system in place to enable data protection and reduce the risks of malware bringing your business to a grinding halt. Here’s five signs you need to upgrade your IT security.

While the GDPR retains the same core rules as the existing Data Protection Directive, there are numerous significant changes and ‘consent to process sensitive personal data’ is an area that’s attracted a lot of attention.  

It’s easy to see how some might get a little tied up in the difference between online back-up and cloud storage, given that both work with personal or business data online and store files safely outside the computer hard drive or as an alternative to the in-house server.

In a word, yes. The European Parliament published the regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, making it law on the 25th of May 2016 and giving organisations 24 months to become compliant.