On 3 September 2025, Jason Blake, 56, director of Bridlington Lodge Care Home in Yorkshire, was ordered to pay £1,100 in fines and £5,440 in costs after being found guilty of failing to respond to a data subject access request (DSAR). The case is a rare criminal prosecution for DSAR non-compliance. The Facts In April …
The UK has new data protection laws. Again. But before you start panicking about another massive compliance overhaul, take a breath. This isn’t GDPR 2.0 – it’s more like GDPR 1.1. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 became law on 19 June 2025¹, and while it sounds scary, most small and medium businesses won’t …
One important mechanism that empowers individuals (data subjects) under GDPR is the Data Subject Access Request (DSAR).
In light of data protection laws like GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulations (PECR) you may be concerned about whether your Wordpress website is placing cookies on your visitors devices – and whether you should be concerned about this.
This action follows discussions with the ICO regarding a controversial pilot program that tracked the GPS locations of up to 600 migrants who entered the UK via unauthorised routes and were in immigration bail.
At Measured Collective, we are always striving to provide the best possible learning experience for our community of over 5,000 people who have joined us to deepen their understanding of data protection and GDPR compliance.
French broadcasting company Groupe Canal+ was recently fined €600,000 by the French data protection authority (CNIL) for multiple violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
It’s one of the most flexible lawful bases under GDPR but applying it comes with some caveats.
Under Article 13 of GDPR you must give data subjects information about your data processing practices, this is commonly known as the “Right to be informed”.
Without good training, staff will lack the awareness required to complete their day to day tasks in a GDPR compliant manner. They are then more likely to make mistakes which can lead to fines or enforcement action.
