Data security management
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- International Workplace
- 12 August 2020
ICO dealt with almost 40,000 data protection cases in 2019
During 2019-20, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): received 38,514 data protection complaints; closed 39,860 data protection cases (up from 34,684 in 2018/19); and received 6,367 freedom of information complaint cases. Thes...
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- International Workplace
- 29 July 2020
Track and Trace – don’t forget data protection
In taking the necessary steps to reopen your business and remain open, it’s important to not trip over the avoidable hurdle of the GDPR. The government has made clear that businesses in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industr...
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- International Workplace
- 28 May 2020
COVID-19 and whistleblowing – encouraging a speak-up culture
“In these times of flux, when expectations and duties of organisations towards all their stakeholders have been constantly shifting, it is more important than ever for employers to demonstrate support for anyone who would raise a concern abo...
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- International Workplace
- 28 May 2020
Workers reluctant for home to replace office
Rumours of the demise of the office are much exaggerated, according to new independent polling commissioned by the British Council for Offices (BCO), the representative body for the UK’s office sector. Just one in five (20%) UK adults plans...
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- International Workplace
- 6 May 2020
COVID-19 crisis: cyber security advice for building owners and facilities managers
The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) and the Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) have produced guidance on managing potential security risks associated with building management systems and other IoT building ...
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- International Workplace
- 8 April 2020
Morrisons not vicariously liable for employee’s deliberate data breaches
A landmark ruling has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, finding that the supermarket Morrisons is not vicariously liable for an employee’s deliberate disclosure of the personal data of co-workers. The employee, Andrew Skelton, was a fo...