In the third of the Data Protection Teabreak podcasts, Deputy Data Protection Commissioner Rachel Masterton and Chief Operating Officer Tim Loveridge discuss the end of transition.

Most aspects of our local Law came into force on 25 May 2018, on the same day as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

However, organisations in Guernsey had an additional year long transition period before they had to comply with the more complex aspects of our local Law.

After the end of the transition period in May 2019, all organisations must comply with all aspects of the law, and the rest of their legal responsibilities defined within it.

Rachel and Tim talk through what the end of this transition period means and the responsibilities of controllers, Data Protection Impact Assessments, data portability and consent.

The ODPA’s Plain English Guide is available online and helps organisations understand what they need to do in order to comply with the law.

https://odpa.gg/wp-content/uploads/15641-ODPA-B2B-Brochure-AW-digital.pdf

Recorded on: 30 April 2019

In the second of the Data Protection Teabreak podcasts, Data Protection Commissioner Emma Martins and Chief Operating Officer Tim Loveridge discuss the ways in which the ODPA plans to engage with the community and hopefully reduce data breaches.

The ODPA held its first open public consultation session on 10 April 2019 to find out what a selection of people from the local community thought it should offer as part of its events and communications programme.

Tim and Emma discuss how prediction and prevention are key to ensuring data protection laws are followed willingly with detection of breaches and enforcement as the next steps and talk about their future events programme.

Anyone who wishes to take part in the public consultation can visit www.odpa.gg/events-consultation to review the proposed events programme and send their feedback by 10 May 2019.

Recorded on: 11 April 2019

What is data protection and why should you care – is it all just a storm in a tea cup?

The team at The Bailiwick of Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) know that it affects us all and to help us understand why we should care are producing a series of podcasts tackling relevant issues in a friendly, informative format, perfect for over a cup of tea.

The new ‘Data Protection TeaBreak’ series features staff from the ODPA discussing a range of issues, including what data is, why it is important and how to think about it sustainably.

This first episode features the ODPA’s Rachel Masterton and Tim Loveridge discussing some of the background to data protection regulation and aspects of Guernsey’s local law compared to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They talk about issues like consent and accountability and of course Brexit gets a mention.

Recorded on: 26 March 2019