Privacy Guidance & Best Practice

The following documents give guidance on ensuring that the information you collect from your customers is done so in a secure and legal manner.

They also contain best practice information.

Guidance

Importance of a Privacy Policy

A privacy policy is one of the most important documents on any website. It details your company's views and procedures on the information collected from visitors. Although a privacy policy is technically a legal document, great effort should be made to craft a...

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Guidance

Privacy Glossary

The following are terms or phrases that are used often in regards to online privacy: Privacy Policy - this is a disclaimer placed on a website informing users about how the website deals with a user's personal information. eTrust certifies privacy policies to...

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Guidance

NHS care.data delayed – updated

The NHS Care.data program has been cancelled due to a review - there were major privacy concerns, and lack of transparency. Plans for patient’s records which were to be trawled have been put on hold following concerns by the public about how their private data...

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Guidance

The Importance of Safe Harbor Certification

Welcome to the world of international business. If you have just began operating or have been in business for a number of years, then you will probably understand that collecting information about the people who use your products and services is vitally important....

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Guidance

Difference between GDPR and ePrivacy regulation

Introduction The EU has always undertaken to create wide legal coverage for member country citizens and also to amalgamate the laws in which they operate under whenever commonage is found. In the online world, there have been many aspects that have expanded over...

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The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks were developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission and Swiss Government, and with industry and other stakeholders, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a valid legal mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union (EU) and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce.

The CCPA gives California consumers the right to know what personal information is being collected about them, the right to request that their personal information be deleted, and the right to request that their personal information not be sold.

The law applies to for-profit businesses that collect personal information from California consumers and meet certain thresholds for annual revenue, number of consumers, or amount of personal information collected. The CCPA also requires businesses to provide certain disclosures to California consumers about their data collection practices.

The General Data Protection Regulation is a series of laws that were approved by the EU Parliament in 2016. They came into affect on May 25th 2018.

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an initiative by the EU to bring data protection legislation into line with new ways that data is now used.

The new regulations give users great control over their data, including the ability to export it, withdraw consent and request access to it.

It also makes data protection rules more or less identical throughout the EU, allowing for the easier transfer of data through out the European Union.

It affects any company that does business with Europe, whether they are based in the EU or not.

It serves as a leading regulatory model for other data protection authorities throughout the world.

Privacy and Trust News

Guidance, News

The Rise of Smart Gadgets in the UK

Securing the Internet of Things: The UK's Pioneering Legislation In an era where the proliferation of smart devices continuously reshapes our daily lives, the UK government has taken a significant step to bolster cybersecurity with a groundbreaking new law. As the...

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