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Remove autofill on email to stop personal data going to wrong email addresses Don’t use personal phones for work. This ensures that the personal data of business contacts stays within the organisation’s control. Work mobiles should be password protected. Cleaners should not be able to see or access personal data on your premises (so clean

DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST!  James Haddleton and his new firm are ready to help in-house teams focus on what’s most important – the law.  See the latest edition of The Leeds and Yorkshire Lawyer to read the full article (head to pages 24 and 25).    

The new data protection laws which come into effect on 25 May 2018 require new terms in contracts between organisations and cloud based suppliers. Organisations affected include those which use cloud-based software to process their employee data,  outsourced IT services, practice management systems or similar. Indeed any relationship where a third party processes personal data

Robert Morrisey, a charity worker sent spreadsheets with sensitive personal data to his personal email address without the knowledge of his employer the Rochdale Connections Trust. The personal data included full names, dates of birth, telephone numbers and medical information. Mr. Morrisey admitted unlawfully obtaining personal data in breach of Section 55 of the Data

Haddleton Legal and Connexica  Ltd (www.connexica.com) announced that they have reached agreement to help clients with their preparations for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Haddleton Legal will provide the legal knowledge and industry experience (having implemented GDPR when its GDPR team worked inhouse). Connexica will provide the IT expertise and its highly-rated proprietary

The U.K. government has provided guidance to organisations about what should go into their transparency statements. Organisations should publish statements on what they have done in respect of their supply chain within 6 months from their year-end. They should also keep previous statements on their websites. The Rt Hon Amber Rudd, MP, Home Secretary explained;

In its letter of 10 October, the FRC advised Audit Committee Chairs and Finance Directors of areas of investor focus for 2017/2018. The FRC would like to see more factors taken into consideration when preparing the viability statement. At present these are too focused around medium term business plans and seldom include other factors like

On 2 October 2017 Paul Uppal was appointed the first SBC with a remit to provide general advice and information to small businesses and to consider complaints from small businesses about the supply of goods and services to larger businesses. The SBC’s main aim is to reduce disputes about late payments by large businesses to

The Court of Appeal decided recently that a post-termination covenant in an employee’s contract was too broad. The contract stated the employee should not “directly or indirectly engage or be concerned or interested in any business…” (italics added). The term interested was held to be too ambiguous and wide to be enforceable. Action:  A restrictive

The Act makes organisations criminally responsible for failing to prevent tax evasion amongst employees and those carrying out services on their behalf. There is a defence if you have in place “reasonable prevention procedures.” Government’s recommended action to take: Risk assessment Asses Proportionality of risk-based prevention procedures Top level commitment Due diligence Communication (including training)