Tag: privacy

ICO publishes guidance on privacy enhancing technologies

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help organisations unlock the potential of data by putting a data protection by design approach into practice.  PETs are technologies that can help organisations share and use people’s data responsibly, lawfully, and securely, including by minimising the amount of data used and by encrypting or anonymising personal information. They are already used by financial organisations when investigating money laundering, for example, and by the healthcare sector to provide better health outcomes and services to the public. …

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CAP – Can we get some privacy? A guide to the privacy rules

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Can we get some privacy? A guide to the privacy rules. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Everyone values their privacy, from high street consumers to members of the Royal Family. These concerns are reflected to some extent in law and also in the privacy rules in Section 6 and Section 10 of the CAP…

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How to Take Control of Your Facebook

Stuart Mitchell

You’ve been hearing a lot about Facebook lately and how your data is being used. While this information can sometimes be confusing and technical, it’s important to know that you are in control of your Facebook, what you see, what you share, and what people see about you. There are many things you have control over that can help make your Facebook experience better for you. One easy step to check the privacy of information on your profile, is to take a Privacy Checkup that helps you review who you’re…

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