The Flowz Blog
Here are some articles published related to Flowz and GDPR that we think you’ll find interesting.
Customers need to be at the centre of GDPR plans
Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has shone a light on how businesses prepare for, and respond to, a data breach. With cyber criminals becoming...
ICO fines two firms for over one million nuisance calls made to TPS subscribers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two companies that made nearly 1.73 million direct marketing phone calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). It is against the law to make marketing calls to numbers that have been...
Many firms still stuck in GDPR prep phase six months after its initiation
Many organisations have still not embedded data protection practices into their day to day business operations, according to Stewart Room, lead partner for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data protection at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). After a...
Radisson Hotel Group could be GDPR test case
Privacy watchers say the breach of personal data of members of the Radisson Hotel Group’s loyalty scheme could be an interesting test case for how the GDPR will be applied. The Radisson Hotel Group, comprising more than 1,400 hotels in more than 70 countries, has...
ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law. In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the use of data analytics for political...
Bupa fined after personal data of 500,000 customers offered for sale on dark web
Insurance Company Bupa has been fined £175,000 after an employee offered personal data of 547,000 customers for sale on the Dark Web. In particular, these details included names, dates of birth, email addresses and nationality accessed by employee who then attempted...
Cisco’s Chief Privacy Officer on the future of data after GDPR
The May 25th deadline to meet the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation requirements came and went, but the work of chief privacy officers is far from over. With EU and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation data privacy frameworks, the future of data use and...
Flowz achieves accreditation on G-Cloud 10
Flowz has successfully been listed on G-Cloud 10, making its SaaS-based Product and services available to NHS Trusts via the latest iteration of government’s procurement framework. Trusts can access the key services needed to successfully deploy an electronic patient...
Assessing GDPR’s Data Protection Officer requirements
The GDPR's Data Protection Officer (DPO) mandate gives the EU a point person for compliance complaints, but not all companies need one. See when DPOs are required and what they do. The General Data Protection Regulation requires many companies to appoint a data...
Using GDPR to maximise the value of your healthcare data?
GDPR is not the end of civilisation as we know it, but organisations could be forgiven for feeling as though it was, given the way the technology vendors have been presenting it to them. While vendors are emphasising that it’s a major technology challenge that the...