Data protection
Data Protection Bill published 25 September 2017
The Data Protection Bill has been published and introduced to the Houses of Parliament for scrutiny, possible amendment and approval.
The new Data Protection Bill will bring the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law.
The Bill is due to have its second reading in the House of Lords on 10 October 2017.
See our 10 August news item which details what the Data Protection Bill will cover.
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CIPP webcast on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 3 October 2017
It is less than 8 months until GDPR comes into force; take a worthwhile half hour to find out the key areas of change from the Data Protection Act and what you should be doing to prepare.
In this 33 minute webcast Diana Bruce, Senior Policy Liaison Officer for the CIPP, provides an overview of GDPR, covers the definition of terms, and focuses on the differences between the DPA and GDPR and what businesses need to be doing now to prepare. Also included is where to go for further information and help with your processes and procedures.
CIPP webcast on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Visit My CIPP on our website for other topical webcasts - an easy way to update your team on aspects of payroll legislation.
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GDPR phone service for small and micro businesses 26 October 2017
To assist further with the preparation for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is launching a dedicated telephone service aimed at helping small businesses prepare for the new data protection laws. The phone service will add to a package of tools and resources already available for organisations getting ready for the GDPR, which comes into effect on 25 May 2018. The new service will go live on 1 November 2017 and will be based around the ICO’s existing public helpline, which handled around 190,000 calls last year. The ICO has also announced plans to simplify its popular “12 steps to take now” graphic in response to calls from small and micro businesses that they need access to targeted information about how to prepare for the GDPR. And the ICO is revising its simple-to-use SME toolkit – a resource used by around 9,000 businesses a month since January 2016 – into a GDPR checklist that will allow businesses themselves to identify gaps in their own preparation for the new law.
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said:
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