Category: Charities
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Hospices under threat during cost of living crisis
Hospices under threat across the UK are facing up to £100m of additional costs this year due to rising inflation and the cost of matching NHS pay, a charity told the BBC. At one provider, Steve Smith, CEO of Havens Hospices in Essex said it expects its energy bills alone to soar by 85% in…
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Changes sought to Cookie Law
Data protection authorities across the G7 are to be urged to tackle nuisance cookie consent pop-ups, which critics say are not fit for purpose. Proposals on improving the ways that web users consent to cookies will be discussed in a series of virtual meetings to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. The government has cited…
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That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Internet cookie requests could be on their way out under plans to overhaul UK data laws The pop-up banners asking users permission to access certain data have become a familiar part of landing on a new website – but they could become far fewer. The routine of clicking through numerous cookie requests on websites could…
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Five hundred charities breach GDPR
More than 500 data breaches were filed by Charities last year according to England’s Information Commissioner. The figures are revealed in the body’s latest annual report. It says it received 11,854 reports of personal data breaches from all sources during the year to the end of March, down from 13,840 in the previous year. Charities…
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RNID announces that all staff will work remotely from September
RNID will permanently close its offices and move all staff to remote working from 1 September, the charity has said. Harriet Oppenheimer, the charity’s deputy chief executive, argued that the decision was the best way to ensure that employees are “connected and work productively”. She announced the change last week during an online debate organised…
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Data breach punishments and question what they might mean for the charity sector
Organisations of all kinds – and that includes charities – can face heavy fines if they suffer data breaches leading to the loss or exposure of confidential information. The negative publicity and the financial penalty following a data breach are bad for businesses, but for charities they can be devastating. That’s because of the loss…