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How to Legally Protect Your Online Store
Running an online store involves many legal considerations. Securing our business from legal issues is essential for long-term success. Understanding how to protect our online store legally helps us avoid potential problems and ensures smooth operations. Understanding Intellectual Property for Your Online Store Intellectual property (IP) is a key aspect of protecting our online store. […]
Scam UK: Secondary Ticketing: The consumer is let down once more. The craze for Oasis tickets highlights how secondary ticketing is essentially a scam.
What is the law in the UK when it comes to secondary ticketing? In what ways does the continent differ? UK Law on Secondary Ticketing In the UK, the laws surrounding secondary ticketing are designed to protect consumers and ensure transparency in the resale of event tickets. The main legal framework includes: Key Differences on […]
Guidance: How to deal with a request for information (Subject Access Request)
What is a subject access request? You have the right to ask an organization or company how they are using or storing your personal information. It might be done both verbally and in writing. This is called the right of access and is commonly known as making a subject access request or SAR. Step one: […]
What is the UK Data Protection and Information Bill
Following Brexit, the United Kingdom enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), known as the UK GDPR, aligning it with domestic legislation. The Data Protection Act (DPA) of 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) of 2003 complement the UK GDPR. The government of the United Kingdom recognised the necessity for new regulations […]
What is a data protection audit and how much does it cost?
A data protection audit is a systematic review of an organisation’s policies, procedures, and practices related to the collection, use, storage, and sharing of personal data. The goal of a data protection audit is to identify potential risks to the privacy and security of personal data and to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations […]
Data Protection Laws: what’s now and what’s new?
The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is used by individuals such as companies, businesses or the UK government. The UK implemented the Act by virtue of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) The Data Protection principles are as follows:- Data must be:- Used fairly lawfully and transparently Used for specified explicit […]
How you can legally process data!
To process personal data, you must have a valid lawful basis. There are six lawful bases for processing. The most appropriate basis will depend on your relationship with the individual. The requirement of most the lawful basses is that the processing is ‘necessary’ for a specific purpose. You will not have a lawful basis if […]
Supreme Court rejects class action data protection claim against Google!
The Supreme Court has given judgment on Lloyd v Google [2021]. Richard Lloyd with the financial support of Therium Litigation Funding IC issued a claim against Google. The claim alleged Google had breached its duties as a data controller under the Data Protection Act 1998, by secretly tracking the internet activity of Apple iPhone users, […]
How are NFT’s regulated in the UK?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not yet provided guidance on NFT’s specifically with regards to regulation in the United Kingdom (UK). However, the FCA has distinguished between regulated tokens and unregulated tokens. Regulated tokens include security tokens which fall under the definition of specified investments under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated […]
Are you ready to comply with the Children’s Code by 2 September 2021?
The Age Appropriate Design Code or Children’s Code came into force on the 2 September 2020. It has a twelve-month transition period which means organisations need to conform by 2 September 2021. The Code is a statutory code of practice under the Data Protection Act 2018. Data protection law recognises that the personal data of […]