23rd January 2018
Fake qualifications scandal highlights need for pre-employment screening
The issue of fake qualifications has hit the headlines this week, with a BBC investigation finding that thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a ‘diploma mill’ in Pakistan. Axact exposed as a ‘diploma mill’ Radio 4’s File
21st December 2017
New data protection venture from privacy activist Max Schrems
Max Schrems is the Austrian lawyer who famously filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2013. Arguably this complaint led to the EU’s decision to invalidate the Safe Harbor Agreement. And now he has a new privacy venture in mind…
4th December 2017
Vero now offering basic disclosure results in less than 3 hours
We are thrilled to be among the first registered bodies to successfully transfer the processing of basic criminal record checks to the Disclosure and Barring Service, via a fully integrated service. Back in 2002 it was agreed Disclosure Scotland would
28th November 2017
Changes to ICO fees and registration
CHANGES TO ICO FEES AND REGISTRATION Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Data Controllers will no longer be required to register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in the same way. However, they will be required to pay a
18th September 2017
The future of data breach notifications
The ICO have recently released the latest in their series of blogs seeking to provide clarity around key topics of the General Data Protection Regulation and dispel any associated myths. The latest topic in this ‘myth-buster’ series is data breach