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Being a Female CEO
There exists an incorrect, yet common, assumption that being young and female are incompatible with leadership, especially for an evolving organisation like DPAS. I often
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Looking Back at 2021
Here at DPAS we have not been immune to the, unique shall we say, obstacles posed by the past year or so. Despite the challenges
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Data Protection and Safeguarding
It is important to note that UK Data Protection law provides no barrier to voicing concerns to a safeguarding authority when it concerns vulnerable children
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Data Protection & GDPR
How to meet the Accountability Principle
Article 5(2) of the GDPR states that the data controller is responsible for ensuring and demonstrating that an organisation meets the accountability principle. In this
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Meet our Sponsored Athlete
Rugby season is upon us again, and it brings some truly exciting news for DPAS. If you’ve been keeping up with us over the past
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DPAS Culture
October Prize Draw 2021
Do you want to up your data protection game as a practitioner and learn more about information security? Enter our competition now and you could be
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5 Things you might not know about the Data Protection Act
The Data Protection Act has been around longer than you think. This article covers some things you might not know about this piece of legislation.
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Data Protection & GDPR
Data Protection for Small Businesses
In 2019, GDPR.EU asked over 700 small business leaders in Europe about their GDPR compliance levels. The answers suggest there are gaps in data protection
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Develop Your Data Protection Skills
Thinking about how to develop your data protection skills? Our courses are by the practitioner, for the practitioner. In this article, we explore routes and
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Human Factors in a Data Breach
What are the human factors in a data breach, and how can they be remedied? DPAS Founder Nigel Gooding explains. The human factors in a
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Data Protection & GDPR
Interest, what Public Interest?
In this article, the founder of DPAS Nigel Gooding examines the role of Public Interest in data protection. This is in the context of the
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Data Protection & GDPR
Criminal Records and the Data Protection Act
Can I get a criminal record if I do not follow the Data Protection Act 2018? I am often asked by practitioners, ‘why are there
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