James Stringer

Liz Truss and UK GDPR
A lack of Truss – Why the Government’s plans to replace the UK GDPR are a threat to businesses and data subjects

At the Tory Party conference last week, the UK digital secretary Michelle Donelan announced that the Government planned to replace the UK GDPR with a new data protection legislation. Cutting through the buzz-words and political ‘phrase of the day’, the Government’s plans represent a potentially major change for UK businesses. This change may not be a positive one.

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Principles of the GDPR
Tacita Tips: What are the principles of the GDPR?

At the heart of the GDPR legislation lies the 7 fundamental principles. These guiding tenets underpin all aspects of the GDPR. But what are they and how do they affect your business’ GDPR compliance status? In this blog we’re going to look at each of the 7 principles in turn and provide practical examples of how they are applied in a day-to-day setting.

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Tacita Tips: Audit your website cookies

Incorrect management of website cookies is one of the most common areas of GDPR non-compliance. Businesses of all sizes and sectors are required to abide by the GDPR’s rules on the application of non-essential cookies and management of consent. But what does this mean for your website and your cookies? In this Tacita Tips we’ll be looking at some common questions that can help you to audit your website cookies.

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Deterrent rather than punishment: What does Instagram’s $403m fine mean for children’s data privacy

On 2nd September, Instagram and its parent company Meta were fined $403m for inadequate handling of children’s data under the EU GDPR. The fine was the culmination of a long running investigation by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) into the social media company and is the largest fine that Meta has been issued to date. This fine is the second largest ever issued by a European data protection authority, following the €746m fine issued by the Luxembourg data authority against Amazon last year.

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Roe v Wade and The Erosion of Women’s data privacy

The overturning of Roe v Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court on the 24th June this year (2022) has upended women’s reproductive rights in the USA. It is unlikely to end there. As the ripple effects continue to be felt across the States and beyond, serious questions regarding erosion of women’s privacy are being raised. The answers to these privacy questions posit a deeply unsettling future for women in America and the use of their personal data.

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