by Richard Merrygold | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
According to the IAPP PrivacyTech Vendor Report 2018, there was a 386% increase in the number of PrivacyTech vendors in the 12 months from when the GDPR was released in 2017, to its eventual enforcement in 2018. Impressive growth for a market which only 3 years ago,...
by Richard Merrygold | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog
iSTORM has been recognised for CREST Approved Penetration Testing, showing they meet the CREST standards for delivering high-quality penetration testing. 28th June 2019 Warwickshire, UK. – iSTORM, the cyber security and data protection specialists, announced...
by Richard Merrygold | Jun 25, 2019 | Blog
The role of the Data Protection Officer is an important and often necessary one. When we are talking to new clients, I am often asked what the role of the Data Protection Officer entails and how a business can get the best out of either their own inhouse DPO or from...
by Richard Merrygold | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
The GDPR, the opportunity of a lifetime! What’s that, in the sky, is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s the GDPR, the opportunity of a lifetime! No, I’m not talking about the Nigerian super lottery that I won earlier this week without even entering or the long...
by Richard Merrygold | Jun 14, 2019 | Blog
The GDPR is a European wide regulation and applies to ALL organisations across both the public and private sectors. In this blog we take a look at the GDPR in the Care Home Sector. While the GDPR is more onerous than the Data Protection 1998, the basic principle of...
by James Pearson | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog
Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Richard Merrygold, I have worked in data protection for 11 years, before it became a thing. I am not Lawyer. I don’t class myself as a “GDPR expert” but I am a data protection specialist, a realist and I like to think, a...
