With one year to go, it must be time for a GDPR checklist! It is essential to make a start on preparations for compliance with the GDPR as there is lots to do. The list below provides high level tasks that should be in your preparation programme and references the...
Liz Taylor
Liz Taylor is the founder of Tkm Consulting and has worked in information governance, data protection, and related fields since 1998. Since establishing the business in 2014, she has provided consultancy, training, and Data Protection Officer (DPO) as a Service to organisations across the public and private sectors. Liz leads practitioner-level data protection qualifications and specialises in data protection, freedom of information, records management, and information governance compliance.
Liz holds postgraduate qualifications in Data Protection Law and Information Governance, Knowledge Management Systems, and Education and Training Management, and is currently undertaking a PhD at University College London (UCL) researching the role of the Data Protection Officer. A Fellow of the Information and Records Management Society, she is also the author of two business books on information management and freedom of information, published by Chandos Publishing.
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News Roundup: Cyber Security and the Right to be Forgotten
I’m not sure any information management blog would be complete without comment on the recent news. There have been two stories that caught my eye. The first, I am sure, almost goes without saying and relates to the malware attack and importance of cyber security....
Preparing for GDPR – Appointing Your Data Protection Officer
With just over a year to go until the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) one of the tasks to get started with for certain types of organisations is the appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The Article 29 Data Protection...
Preparing for GDPR – Let’s Get Started
I couldn’t help but smile over the Christmas break when the other half was playing with their latest gadget, a well-known Voice Service speaker. Having started to become familiar with how it operated, the requests were getting shorter and shorter. It would appear...
Laws on Using Personal Information Are Changing. Are You Ready?
The Current Situation As many of us will already know, if we use personal information we are likely to be subject to data protection laws that govern the way in which we are able to use that information. Whether we have a simple contacts and appointments book as a...
Updated – Publishing CCTV Images – Don’t Be Tempted!
With the recent publicity surrounding Virgin Trains, empty seats and Jeremy Corbyn, it would seem that organisations remain unaware of the data protection implications when using CCTV images. There was an interesting story that was reported in the press on 31 December...
Using E-mail for Direct Marketing: Do You Know the Rules?
I was recently attending a training session and a discussion started late in the afternoon about e-mail marketing and making the most of customer lists. There wasn’t much of the day left and after a brief chat, we made a joint decision it would be an ideal first topic...