And, it's our 100th Episode! We say a massive thank you to everyone who's tuned in and supported our 'pods'.   In this episode, Kellie and Regina take a glance into the future of Privacy and Data Protection. Their conversation explores the evolution of AI and how it uses Data... which can be quite surprising.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for good practice. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

Episode 99! Just one episode away from an important milestone for the Databasix Team. Details to come soon.   Kellie and Regina tackle 2 stories. The first one, about a tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras. And, the other is about an Etihad Airways worker that used airline data so that they could pursue a customer and message them on WhatsApp.

Here, in Episode 98, Kellie and Regina consider the privacy controversies that Amazon's Alexa and Ring Doorbell have been involved in and share their thoughts on the situation. As well as this the experts also look into a story regarding Spotify and their 5 million Euro fine for a GDPR violation.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for good privacy practices. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

We're kicking off the week with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 97, Neil and Regina consider changes to 'data culture' in the 5 years (almost to the day!) since the GDPR came into play. Informing the discussion, they chew through a recent ICO formal reprimand to the Ministry of Justice after confidential documents, that were supposed to be detined for secure destruction, were actually left in an unsecured prison holding area!

Here, in Episode 96, our latest podcast closes out the weekend with a discussion between Kellie and Regina on two stories. The first one, about the co-founder of Apple who has recently warned about the use of AI for hacking and voice verification. They also center in on an interesting story regarding loyalty card schemes at big shops that we use.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

We're kicking off the weeks with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 95, our latest podcast closes out the May Bank Holiday with a discussion between Kellie and Regina on a controverisal story regarding the use of facial recognition tech in Sports Direct. They also center in on a big data breach from a rather large payroll company that's used as a third party from other companies like M&S.   Stories: https://bit.ly/41LuycB https://bit.ly/3AzL5UY   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

Our latest podcast closes out the Easter break with a discussion between Kellie and Neil on big data protection stories regarding the NHS and Tesla, and some expert tips to avoid some of the pitfalls.

We're kicking off the weeks with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 93, Regina and Kellie discuss the new Data Protection Bill and the banning of certain apps in Europe.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

In this, our 92nd episode, Regina and Kellie discuss the recent controversy that popular mobile money app, Venmo has been creating with their new home feed feature.   Additionally, our experts tap in to concerns about a large unintentional data leak from a health company called Cerebral containing special categories of data. Specifically, mental health data of patients to big tech companies Meta and TikTok.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode 91 is on the air! We're excited to be back with a #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode! 😎   In this, our 91st episode, Regina and Neil discuss the recent redundancies that companies have been pushing out, and how the SARs have an impact.   Additionally, our experts tap in to a story about companies relying on the cloud can be detrimental to your business continuity as it can go down at any second, as it has done for one unfortunate business owner.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST - Episode 90   The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST is on the air! We're excited to be back with a #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode! 😎   In this, our 90th episode, Kellie and Regina discuss recent data breaches from big companies, including car sales giant Arnold Clark.   Additionally, our experts tap in to recent cyber attacks on the elderly with people impersonating and pretending to be the NHS in order to extract personal data.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

Today, Kellie and Regina talk about a website using Oxford University students' data inappropriately without considering data protection requirements. Additionally, our experts focus on a news story where password managers being hacked and the importance of Two-factor Authentication

It's a very special start to the week... with an extraordinary special guest joining us for our podcast. She loves facilitating the gathering and management of charitable resources to benefit the lives of many individuals. And, we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST!   Kellie Peters welcomes Tamsyn Wymer of African Children's Fund to discuss the right data protection approach in small charities. They share their experiences across the two specialisms and provide great advice on how to help and support people while remaining GDPR compliant. ---------- African Children's Fund links are: Website - https://buff.ly/35OE72P LinkedIn - https://buff.ly/3xsCRfv Databasix Website: https://buff.ly/37p5uwv

Have a great Monday with our new Podcast Episode! 😎 Today, Kellie and Regina talk about the fundamental principles of the GDPR fairness, transparency and accuracy, in two different scenarios. In particular, our experts focus on two interesting stories: - FTC Accepts Final Settlement with Twitter for Failure to Safeguard Personal Information: https://buff.ly/3ttKv88 safeguard-personal-information - Man blames American Airlines after being wrongly jailed for 'excruciating' 17 days: https://buff.ly/3xD73Wh They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips!☕️ ---------  Visit our website: www.dbxuk.com

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode!Today, Kellie and Regina talk about how data is being collected, used, and sold by data brokers. Some of it has the potential to be just a little bit scary! They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! -------- Europeans' data shared 376 times daily in advertising sales: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61465973  Visit our website: www.dbxuk.com

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars talk about the Queen's Speech that look place in parliament on 11th May and the CCTV use. They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! --------- Ikea put CCTV above Peterborough toilets to check drug use: https://buff.ly/3yG5bgI ICO CCTV checklist: https://buff.ly/3MiAiTo ICO confirms Human Rights changes undermine UK GDPR: https://buff.ly/3laC2Ca -------- Visit our website: www.dbxuk.com 

It's a very special start to the week... with an extraordinary special guest. He loves supporting financial controls in professional organisations and we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST! Regina Johnys and Kellie Peters welcome Paul McCluskey of Gemstone Legal to discuss Data Protection risks in the financial sector and during financial transactions. They share their experiences across the two industries and provide great advice on how to manage financial transactions while remaining GDPR compliant. -------- Scorecard: https://www.gemstonelegal.co.uk/financialstabilityscorecard Gemstone Legal website: www.gemstonelegal.co.uk Databasix UK website: www.dbxuk.com  

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars focus on social engineering, and how this has led to two data breaches involving MailChimp and HubSpot. They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! --------- MailChimp: https://buff.ly/3v8zNUK HubSpot: https://buff.ly/3uiV4f4

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars focus on email marketing and spam message. They highlight companies that have been fined by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Officer for non-compliance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).   The analysis includes the ICO fine imposed upon a company for sending thousands of spam text messages during the pandemic: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2022/03/ico-fines-company-for-sending-thousands-of-spam-text-messages-during-the-pandemic/ They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! -------  Visit our website: www.dbxuk.com 

It's a very special start to the week... with extraordinary special guests joining us for our podcast. They love helping organisations with marketing activity and we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST! Kellie and Regina welcome Caroline Stevenson and Paul Coombes of Beyond Your Brand to discuss how they use Marketing and Web Data to support their customers' growth, whilst respecting personal data. They share their experiences across the two industries and provide great good advice on how to grow your organisation’s assets while remaining GDPR compliant. ---------- Blog 'SEO: Traffic is Vanity, Conversions are Sanity ': https://www.beyondyourbrand.co.uk/blog-2021/seo-traffic-is-vanity-conversions-are-sanity  Beyond Your Brand Website: https://www.beyondyourbrand.co.uk/  Databasix UK Website: https://www.dbxuk.com/