News from the DPO Centre

UK Government contact tracing app privacy u-turn

June 22, 2020

The privacy penny seems to have finally dropped for the UK Government as they announce a major U-turn by abandoning their proposal for a centralised contact […]

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UK ‘formally confirms’ to EU that it won’t extend transition period

June 16, 2020

The UK has “formally confirmed” to the EU that it will not extend the Brexit transition period, as it unveiled its post-exit border plans. There are […]

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Webinar Poll Results: Data Retention

May 25, 2020

Forget COVID-19 and Brexit, a recent DPO Centre poll of data protection professionals has revealed that from a list of 11 issues, their key challenges for […]

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The GDPR is 2 today – too much, too little or too late?

May 25, 2020

On the GDPR’s 2nd birthday, DPO Centre CEO, Rob Masson, posed the question, is the GDPR too much, too little or too late? After its tumultuous […]

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Data protection in the education sector: A Pridatect webinar with our DPO, Ben Seretny

May 21, 2020

Data protection experts Lisa Hofmann, Chief of Legal Operations & International DPO at Pridatect and our own Data Protection Officer Ben Seretny shared best practices for data protection in the […]

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FIT4PRIVACY Podcast with Rob Masson

May 19, 2020

Our CEO Rob Masson appeared on the FIT4PRIVACY podcast on the 7th May. A conversation with Rob Masson wherein the host Punit Bhatia asks him about […]

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DPO Centre named Most Trusted Data Protection Consultancy 2020

May 7, 2020

With an ever-increasing digital society the need for data protection has never been more prevalent. We have been named ‘Most Trusted Data Protection Consultancy 2020 – […]

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Webinar Data Protection and Cyber Security Implications from Working from Home

May 6, 2020

One of the main preventative measures for reducing the spread of Covid-19 is social distancing. Fortunately, for a lot of companies, they can continue to work […]

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Belgian DPA rules on DPO conflict of interest

May 3, 2020

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (‘DPA’) has issued its decision to fine Proximus SA €50,000 for appointing its head of compliance, audit and risk as its Data Protection Officer (DPO).  According to […]

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Interview with Rob Masson, CEO of The DPO Centre

April 7, 2020

PrivSec hosted their February 2020 event at the QEII Exhibition Centre in London.  The DPO Centre were exhibitors and sponsors of the event and our CEO, […]

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