14th March 2020 We have taken up the feedback we received during our COVID-19 workshop held on the 11th March 2020 and we have now drafted a COVID-19 Workplace Policy. We have already worked and delivered on this for some…
10th March 2020 As governments, public authorities as well as businesses are doing their utmost to control the spread and mitigating the effects of COVID-19, personal data and special category data are being processed at length. Although data protection legislation…
9th March 2020 Egress Data Breach Survey 2020 A recently published survey commissioned by egress and conducted by Opinion Matters shows that during the last 12 months IT leaders have become more concerned about risks of insider breaches. In fact, the…
4th March, 2020 Recently we have come across Facebook statuses warning friends that a WhatsApp account has been hacked and not to open messages coming from them. We looked further into these claims to see what is actually happening. BE…
22nd January, 2020 Data protection authorities across the European Union have issued €114 million in fines under the GDPR since the new privacy rules came into force approximately 20 months ago, according to a new survey from DLA Piper. A…
6th January, 2020 Email is undoubtedly an important and necessary part of your business. It provides an economical and instant source of communicating with employees, clients and vendors. This powerful tool of communication requires careful management. Otherwise, the same effective…
3rd December, 2019 Many argue that Santa Claus is in contravention of Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 when it is said that he’s making a list, checking it twice, to find out who’s naughty or…
18th October 2019 In the last Brexit deal, which still has to be approved by the Commons, the EU and the UK have agreed that “the European Commission will start the assessments with respect to the United Kingdom as soon…
“Maltese companies are also falling victims to phishing emails” Phishing is one of the most ferocious and dangerous threats to your businesses – regardless of whether you are a large organization, a small business, or something in-between. Hackers use email,…
1st October 2019 This morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a judgment concluding that pre-ticked check-boxes indicating one’s consent to the downloading of cookies, or access to them, were unlawful. In case C‑673/17, the Court observed how Planet49…