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Organisations should be doing more to achieve privacy accountability

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Privacy Enforcement Network’s (GPEN) annual intelligence gathering operation looked at how well organisations have implemented the core concepts of accountability into their own internal privacy policies and programmes. The joint study, known as the ‘GPEN sweep’, is carried out by data protection regulators across the globe and this year looks at how they have taken responsibility for complying with data protection laws. Whilst there were examples of good practice, it was found that a number of organisations had no processes in place to deal with the complaints and queries…

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Generation impact: one in eight wants to use inheritance for good

Stuart Mitchell

One in eight (12%) people under-45 who expect to receive an inheritance intend to gift some of the money to a charity or cause close to their hearts, according to research from Sanlam UK. The report, The Generation Game, found that 5.1 million people are likely to receive an inheritance over £50,000. With the mean average value of the inheritance expected to be £233,000, millions of pounds are expected to be gifted to charity over the next 30 years. Not only are this younger generation considering gifting part of their…

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Inquiry into disability discrimination in the Scottish criminal justice system

Stuart Mitchell

A legal inquiry into whether people with mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and conditions including autism are experiencing discrimination in the criminal justice system was launched on 1 March by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The inquiry will focus on the accused person’s experiences after they are charged with an offence until the start of their trial. This is when critical decisions such as deciding on their plea or whether they are to be granted bail or kept on remand, are made and when special measures for trial would…

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Green-minded Brits create record demand for vegan eco-cleaning products

Stuart Mitchell

Veganism isn’t the only way that Brits are becoming increasingly eco-conscious – demand for vegan household cleaning products are at a record high. In the last year demand for eco-cleaning products, that are environmentally-friendly and not been tested on animals, has rocketed with Tesco seeing more than an 80 per cent rise in sales. Besides being better for the planet many of these products are also being bought because more Brits now look for cleaning fluids that are kinder to their skin. According to recent studies: Nearly 40 per cent…

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Equalizer Project Opens Opportunities for Women in the Nordic Music Industry

Stuart Mitchell

Of the 200+ songwriters behind the fifty most-streamed songs in Norway in 2018, only 11 percent were women, and only one of the eighty-three producers was female—and Norway isn’t alone. While the majority of songwriters and producers around the world have historically been male, Spotify believe they have a unique opportunity to support and fuel the change in this dynamic as it spreads across the industry and, specifically, in the markets where we operate. “The Norwegian music scene is insanely vibrant right now with the international success of so many…

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