The Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022, set out the government’s intention to reform the UK’s data protection laws, although no details have been provided. Since the UK left the…
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From 16 July 2020 it became immediately unlawful to transfer personal data outside of the EEA to the US by relying on a Privacy Shield as a guarantee of compliance…
Social media is a powerful medium. It allows people to connect anywhere in the world, share information, builds, and connects communities as well as educate and serve as a tool…
The UK is committed to maintaining the standards of the GDPR and the government plans to incorporate it into UK law alongside the DPA 2018 after Brexit. The UK government…
People involved in the recruitment process should possess a working knowledge of the legal basics. There are also several common areas where employers can often inadvertently, fall foul during recruitment…
GDPR and discrimination In this HR article, we provide some guidance to help make recruitment practices safer and to improve legal compliance. Questions around how employment law affects recruitment and…
Robust systems and procedures to protect client data As a business, HR Solutions takes data security very seriously, and we already have robust systems and procedures in place to protect…
HR often gets involved with data handling when an employee asks to see their personnel file, and in doing so makes a ‘subject access request’. It is often the…
Organisations who obtain services or products from another country shouldn’t expect to escape the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it comes into force next year. …
Morrisons must pay £10,500 in fines for their aggressive marketing practices against PECR guidelines. It followed complaints that the supermarket had sent out over 130,000 emails to customers who had…
