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Act Now Training is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for the 2022 Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) awards in all three categories. Each year the IRMS recognises excellence in the field of information management with their prestigious Industry Awards. These highly sought-after awards are presented at a glittering ceremony at the annual Conference following the … Continue reading “2022 IRMS Awards”
The Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022 came into force on 26th January 2022. It amends Schedule 2 of the DPA 2018 to include a revised “immigration exemption”. The exemption disapplies many data subject rights in the GDPR (now UK GDPR), such as subject access and the right to erasure, … Continue reading “The Revised GDPR Immigration Exemption “
As we come to the end of another year, the Act Now team would like to thank all our delegates for their continued support and our associates for their hard work. It has been a challenging year but we have all taken the opportunity to learn and grow. Much happened in 2021 in the privacy … Continue reading “What a Year! 2021 Review”
Act Now Training is proud to announce that it has won the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) Supplier of the year award for 2021. The awards ceremony took place on Monday night at the IRMS Conference in Birmingham. Act Now was also nominated for two others awards. Congratulations to all the other winners. Ibrahim … Continue reading “Act Now Training Wins IRMS Award”
So much has happened in the world of data protection recently. Where to start? International Transfers In April, the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) opinions (GDPR and Law Enforcement Directive (LED)) on UK adequacy were adopted. The EDPB has looked at the draft EU adequacy decisions. It acknowledge that there is alignment between the EU … Continue reading “GDPR News Roundup”
Act Now Training is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for this year’s Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) awards in two categories. Each year the IRMS recognises excellence in the field of information management with their prestigious Industry Awards. These highly sought-after awards are presented at a glittering ceremony at the annual Conference following the Gala … Continue reading “Act Now Nominated for IRMS Awards”
Act Now is pleased to announce its support for Woodgate Community Food which is a food bank for residents of the Fosse Ward in Leicester. It recently won the Leicestershire Community Champions Award (Community Organisation category). According to a report in the Guardian recently, food aid charities have identified the emergence of the UK’s “newly hungry”, a growing cohort of … Continue reading “Act Now Supports Leicester Food Bank”
Act Now is pleased to announce the launch of its new online GDPR Practitioner Certificate. This course has been specifically designed to ensure delegates receive all the fantastic features of our location-based course but in a live online learning environment accessible from anywhere in the world. Class sizes are 50% smaller to ensure delegates receive … Continue reading “Act Now Launches Online GDPR Practitioner Certificate”
In November 2018 we reported the decision of the English High Court in the case of Lloyd v Google [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB). In summary, Mr Lloyd, who is a consumer protection champion, was attempting to bring a ‘class action’ (or ‘representative’ action) against Google. He brought the claim on behalf of over 4 million … Continue reading “GDPR, Class Actions and the Right to Compensation”
On 19thDecember 2018, just when you thought that you have finally made sense of the UK’s data protection regime, the government published new regulations with the catchy title, “The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.” There are sixty one pages of regulations to navigate, before 29thMarch 2019, with only one page of explanatory notes. And you though Theresa May had problems!