Direct marketing is the communication, by whatever means, of advertising or marketing material which is directed at particular individuals. In practice, all electronic messages, such as e-mails, phone...
London Business Hub – Brexit Ready Podcast
“On this episode of Brexit Ready, Nick Wallis tackles a matter that is still up in the air and will affect a wide range of businesses – Data Flow. Carl Fryer from the crowd-testing business...
Personal data implications of working from home during COVID (and beyond…)
Since the first national lockdown in the UK in March 2020, millions of people around the country have been working from home. Currently the government asks that we work from home unless it is impossib...
EU – UK Personal Data to keep on flowing freely post Brexit
On Friday 19 February 2021, the European Commission published a draft adequacy decision in favour of the UK. If adopted, this will allow the continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK....
Direct Electronic Marketing – How to Ensure Compliance
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) govern specific privacy rights in relation to electronic communications. The regulations sit alongside the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act....
What Brexit means for UK Data Protection
When the UK transition period for leaving the EU finishes on 31 December 2020, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will not apply in the same way that it has done so. At 11pm on 31 Dec 20...
General Data Protection Regulation
On 25 May 2018 a new EU data protection law will come into place: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This sets out various rules relating to the holding, processing and distribution of per...