Tag: EU

News and information from the Advent IM team.

NIS vs. GDPR – not siblings but cousins #NISR #GDPR

Thank you to our resident NCIS expert, Great Wall of China charity-walking Director, Julia McCarron, for this timely reminder that GDPR is not the only regulation on the horizon and whilst it might not impact everyone, we need to be aware of it. As the clock is ticking towards the need to comply with the […]

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Data Protection Awareness Day 2017! #DPD17

We have enjoyed getting involved with Data Protection Awareness Day over the last few years and with GDPR fast approaching (next year…!), it is more important than ever to raise awareness of the importance of good quality Data Protection practices.  Sometimes our contributions are serious, sometimes lighthearted but they are always useful and containing good […]

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No more Safe Harbour…or Harbor

European Court of Justice has ruled that transatlantic data sharing agreement is invalid. What does this mean for UK businesses that utilise US datacentres or Cloud services? Advent IM Director Mike Gillespie, “There are issues arising from this ruling that require the urgent attention of UK businesses and they need to be aware of the […]

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EU Data Protection Changes – What You Need To Know

Thank you to Dale Penn, one of the talented Advent IM Security Consultants for this informative guest post. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Introduction This January the European Commission revealed a draft of its GDPR. The European Commission is hoping to introduce the GDPR by this end of 2015 to replace the outdated EU Data […]

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