Summary From 10th March 2015. Employers can not demand employees access information about themselves under the DPA. This ‘enforced subject access’ bypassed the legal criminal record check process (DBS) and is now outlawed. Original Author: ICO Original Links: Content…
Summary 66% of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable. Just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. 24% think that cyber security is too expensive to implement. 22% admit that they ‘don’t…
Summary New WEEE regs introduced in 2014 saw a 4% increase in collections compared to 2013. Estimated savings to producers in excess of £18 million. Original Author: BIS Original Link: Content The amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment being recycled has…
Summary Change will make it easier for ICO to issue fines up to £500,000. No longer need to prove a company caused ‘substantial damage or substantial distress’. Effective 6 April 2015. Government also ‘considering’ measures to hold board level executives responsible. Electronic marketing,…
Summary FCA Quote: “Stimulating debate and interest around the subject of consumer vulnerability so that firms better understand the issue and act appropriately.” Original Author: FCA Original Link: Content About Consumer Vulnerability A vulnerable consumer is someone who, due to their…
Summary Apple to spend $850m on solar energy. Could supply Power to 60,000 homes in California. Solar power production in America up by 139,000% in the last decade. Original Author: Kathy Clements at Assent Risk Management Original Link: Content Apple…
Summary Up to 50 weeks shared parental leave. Babies due on or after 5th April 2015. Parents to agree the pattern of leave they intend to take with 8 weeks’ notice to employer. Original Author: BIS & ACAS Original Link: Content With just…
Summary A cookie can last 7,984 years, according to new international privacy study. UK websites place more cookies but give more information than any other country surveyed. Original Author: ICO Original Link: Content An international study led by the UK’s Information…
Summary 13.5 million households across the UK are “missing out”. ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, launched today [16/02/15] Market Reforms include: Halving switching times – only 17 days to switch supplier. Now 20 independent suppliers in market. Legislation that forces energy companies…
Summary “tough new laws and bulking up existing codes of practice” Groceries Code Adjudicator to get power to fine supermarkets for breaching Groceries Supply Code of Practice. consultation on widening the powers available to representative bodies Original Author: BIS Original Link: …