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TikTok and WhatsApp Faced with GDPR Fines

TikTok is the social media platform that has weaved its way into our society and engrained itself into the minds of our children. The video content app that allows its users to record videos of up to 3 minutes long, using different audios and...

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What Schools In China Can Do in Light of The New PIPL

On August 20th, the National People’s Congress of China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will become effective on...

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Tackling Subject Access Requests

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Tackling Subject Access Requests

Subject Access Requests (“SARs”) intertwine with a data subject's right to access and receive a copy of their personal data, and other supplementary...

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The Japan Handbook

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Japan's Privacy Laws and 9ine's Japan Handbook

During 2020, Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) underwent amendments resulting in the expansion of data protection...

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Singapore Data Privacy Updates

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Singapore's Data Privacy Updates

On 29th January 2021, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that there would be amendments to the Singapore Personal Data...

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Child Rights Impact Assessments

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Protecting Your Students With Child Rights Impact Assessments

Data can oftentimes seem intangible, we can’t feel it or physically see where it goes. Ever since the ruling of Schrems II, organisations have been...

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Hong Kong Data Privacy Update

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Hong Kong's Changing Privacy Laws

In January 2020, the Hong Kong Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau released a paper linking to discussions around amendments to the Personal...

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US Student Privacy at Risk Due to School Social Media Posts

A useful and positive aspect of using student pictures on your school’s website and social media platforms is that it creates a sense of community...

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Academy Trust Handbook 2021 - Cyber Security

The Academy Financial Handbook has been updated and renamed as the Academy Trust Handbook. The requirements and guidance within the handbook has been...

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Malware Update: Education Malware Morphs to be Undetectable

A new programming language ‘Go’ or ‘Golang’ is being used to specifically target schools. Once successfully executed, the Trojan enables remote...

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€300,000 Hurdle for Sports Club: GDPR

Not all sports clubs have €300,000 just kicking about. However, last week we saw an unnamed football association get hit with a large fine due to...

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NCSC Alert: Ransomware Still An Increasing Risk

The National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) recently released a formal alert informing schools on yet another increase in ransomware attacks within...

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Lonely Malware Seeking School for Unfriendly Encounter

The FBI has recently identified a primary malware that is designed to target schools. They have been tracking this since March 2020, and in March...

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Improving Cybersecurity In Independent UK Schools

Cybersecurity can be daunting at the best of times, but it doesn’t have to be. When we speak of the term ‘cybersecurity’, we are actually speaking of...

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