The Channel Islands, comprising Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Herm, and Alderney—are a unique part of the British Isles, known for their distinct legislative autonomy despite their geographical proximity to both the UK and Europe. This has raised some interesting questions regarding data protection regulations, particularly the extent to which GDPR (the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation)
In the property industry, data protection is essential due to the sensitive nature of the information handled by various parties. The data includes personal details of tenants, financial transactions, and property records. Data protection laws such as GDPR, Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 (DPJL), Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2017 (DPGL), and UK-GDPR enforce
Data protection laws are fast becoming a primary element in any data security conversation: from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA) to the Protection of Personal Information (POPI), the South African law on the Protection of Personal Information, the ability to protect consumer data is top of
When the GDPR, the European Data Protection Law, became official in May 2018, it did not only start a new system of data protection law for personal data relating issues but also new data protection obligations and procedures to follow to comply with what GDPR asks from the organisations that fall into its scope. In
The Principle seven of the General data protection regulation (GDPR) is; 7. Accountability “The controller shall be responsible for, and be able to demonstrate compliance with, paragraph 1 (‘accountability’).” Article 5.2 GDPR There are two key points in the accountability principle and these are that you must be responsible and comply with the GDPR and
The whole idea behind data protection is to protect a data subjects rights. The data protection laws are based on our Human Rights and our right to privacy. The data protection rights have evolved with the growth of our technical development and use of the world wide web. The ‘internet of things’ has increased the
The GDPR sets out seven key principles that govern the processing of personal data. Compliance with these principles is essential for good data protection practices and protects your business from substantial fines for non-compliance. These principles are the foundation of GDPR and most of the new data protection legislation adopted by other countries since May
No matter what size your business is if you are collecting and processing personal data the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to you! Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable living person. This could be information like a name, address, or telephone number. Personal Data can also be information
This is our second blog of 2020, we have been busy with working on compliance projects, conducting DPIA’s and being engaged to be DPO’s for Public Authorities and private organisations. Our main office in Jersey closed down due to COVID-19 and all our planned training courses in the Channel Islands and Ireland had to be
Welcome to our first blog of 2020. The past twelve months saw an array of guidance, clarifications and new approaches to the changing world of data protection. The clarification to the consent needed before a cookie (Non-essential) can be placed on a user’s system is going to be a major change for organisations with a
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