April 7, 2018,  EU General Data Protection Regulation, European Commission, Guru in a Bottle, Henley Business School, Legal update, News, Social marketing practice, Thought Leadership  No comments

The Economist reports today (7 April 2018) that there’s been a bit of wake up call for Facebook and all other social media giants as a result of the furore over the mis-use of personal data. Mark Zuckerberg is openly admitting that Facebook data of up to 87 million people – 37 million more than previously reported – may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

As a result of a data breach on a scale not seen since Yahoo!, Americans are looking enviously at Europe where data protection, privacy and security laws protecting the individual are now the global ‘gold standard’ as a result of the GDPR that’s fully enforceable from 25 May – just 34 working days fr...

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The much-criticised Digital Economy Bill has just received the Royal Assent (Thursday 27 April 2017) and is now law in the UK.

The British Government claims that the new Act will do the following:

• empower consumers and ensure everyone has access to broadband wherever they live, including rural areas which has suffered from a lack of broadband connectivity
• build a better infrastructure fit for the digital future
• enable better public services using digital technologies
• provide important protections for citizens from spam email and nuisance calls and protect children from online pornography.

On this last point, the NSPCC has already called on the British Government to regulate...

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Under Section 166, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the FCA has the power to order an independent “skilled persons report” that focus on specific issues that have been identified by the FCA as requiring investigation at the regulated firm.

April 7, 2016,  Essential Law for Marketers, EU General Data Protection Regulation, European Commission, European Parliament  No comments

The Council of Ministers has just published its FINAL TEXT of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its statement for reasons for the biggest shake up in data protection and privacy for nearly two decades.

In an official communique, dated 4 April 2016, the General Secretariat of the Council said:

At its 3445th meeting on 12 February 2016, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council reached political agreement on the Council’s position at first reading on the (GDPR)...

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Guest blogger David Pearson shares his thoughts on the significance of the 800th year anniversary of the Magna Carta.

This weekend marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede by King John on 15thJune 1215. On 14th June church bells will peel across the land to celebrate the occasion. (That happens to be my birthday so I’ve told my lunch guests that I’ve arranged the bell ringing in my honour.) Magna Carta was effectively a peace treaty between King John and the Barons who opposed him to avoid a civil war.

Most of its 63 clauses constitute a deal restoring or granting rights to the Barons...