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Why I’m a big fan of the GDPR – A Canadian’s viewpoint
By Elodie Ellingsen, Data Privacy Officer I am proud to come from Canada – a country where you cannot ask personal questions which could support any kind of discrimination. During a job interview, for instance, questions pertaining to ethnicity, religion, gender, age or disabilities may not be asked. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of
GDPR: My organisation is paper-based, so it doesn’t apply to us…
Wrong. GDPR still applies, and here’s why. Records can be stolen and misused whether they are on paper or stored digitally. If the information included in a given record can be used to identify an individual, then it falls under General Data Protection Regulations. Consider all your organisation’s physical paper and digital records. Do they include information about employees or
How many consultancies can lay claim to educating an entire country?
By Steve Hewison, CEO The new EU General Data Protection Regulation has become a bigger and bigger news story throughout 2017, yet when Winterhawk, alongside our partners SAP, staged our first “Cyber Protection and GDPR” event back in October 2016, I got the distinct impression that people attended more out of curiosity, rather than a belief that the new regulation
GDPR and the Trade Unions: will this inspire a wave of protest?
The UK Data Protection Act has been around long enough. Customers and employees already have the right to request that organisations reveal what information is held about them. Typically, a customer/employee (which we’ll refer to as a “Data Subject” in this article) will contact the organisation’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) and along with the request, enclose a cheque for £10;
Preparing for GDPR in the Faroe Islands
Winterhawk is delighted to have been invited to the Faroe Islands to run multiple sessions on GDPR Preparedness later this week. CEO and Managing Director Steve Hewison is looking forward to meeting with local CEOs and government officials to discuss the upcoming implementation of the GDPR and what organisations can do now to ensure compliance by 25 May 2018. For
To insure, or not to insure, that is the question…
By Elodie Ellingsen, Data Privacy Officer In partnership with RSA (Royal Sun Alliance), the second largest insurer in the UK, Winterhawk recently launched Cyber Risks and GDPR Insurance. Business-owners, CEOs and CFOs have been very receptive, perhaps not surprisingly – who isn’t looking for ways to reduce risk in a world where it’s increasingly difficult to feel “safe” regardless of
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