Data Protection Authority for the Bailiwick of Guernsey Archives - Channel Eye https://channeleye.media/tag/data-protection-authority-for-the-bailiwick-of-guernsey/ Business & Lifestyle News in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man Tue, 06 May 2025 17:19:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://channeleye.media/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ce_favicon48px.png Data Protection Authority for the Bailiwick of Guernsey Archives - Channel Eye https://channeleye.media/tag/data-protection-authority-for-the-bailiwick-of-guernsey/ 32 32 Significant increase in data protection breaches reported in Guernsey https://channeleye.media/significant-increase-in-data-protection-breaches-reported-in-guernsey/ Fri, 02 May 2025 11:25:07 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=62714 Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) has released the latest personal data breach statistics for Q1 2025. Every quarter the ODPA shares insights from recent breach data towards improving breach preparedness for public, private and third sector organisations. From 1st January – 31st March 2025, there were a total of 49 self-reported personal […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 2 May 2025 at 11:25 GMT.]]> Guernsey’s Data Protection commissioners attend USA privacy summit https://channeleye.media/guernseys-data-protection-commissioners-attend-usa-privacy-summit/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:20:01 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=52618 Guernsey Bailiwick’s Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan and Deputy Commissioner Rachel Masterton have represented Guernsey at the world’s largest gathering of data protection professionals in Washington DC. Putting Guernsey firmly on the global stage, Commissioner Brent Homan chaired a panel discussing international enforcement efforts to curb illegal data scraping at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 9 April 2024 at 08:20 GMT.]]> Data Protection Commissioners: We meet Guernsey’s Emma Martins and Brent Homan https://channeleye.media/data-protection-commissioners-we-meet-guernseys-emma-martins-and-brent-homan/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:20:53 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=50155 As Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority bids farewell to Emma Martins and welcomes its new Commissioner Brent Homan, the outgoing and incoming Commissioners discuss the transition process and their hopes for the future. What attracted you to data protection in the first place? Emma: The honest answer is that it was simply a […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 22 December 2023 at 09:20 GMT.]]> Guernsey businesses – get ready for a fine if you haven’t registered for data protection https://channeleye.media/guernsey-businesses-get-ready-for-a-fine-if-you-havent-registered-for-data-protection/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:30:14 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=46305 Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) will shortly, as a last resort, start to pursue the most serious cases of registration non-compliance through the Magistrate’s Court Petty Debt process. Engaging and educating the regulated community of the benefits of treating people’s data well is at the heart of the ODPA’s strategy. Predicting and […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 31 July 2023 at 07:30 GMT.]]> Guernsey and Gibraltar data protection regulators pledge closer co-operation https://channeleye.media/guernsey-and-gibraltar-data-protection-regulators-pledge-closer-co-operation/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:15:55 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=44623 Guernsey Bailiwick’s Data Protection Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority. This establishes a framework to make it easier for the two regulators to co-operate and share information as they each fulfil their statutory obligations to protect the personal data of their respective communities. It is important because it recognises […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 6 June 2023 at 08:15 GMT.]]> Lessons to be learnt from data protection issues at Guernsey’s Health and Social Care https://channeleye.media/lessons-to-be-learnt-from-data-protection-issues-at-guernseys-health-and-social-care/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:57:25 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=42047 A data projection Enforcement order has been issued to Guernsey’s Committee for Health and Social Care concerning their inadequate data protection training and governance. What happened? Guernsey’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) initiated two independent investigations. Both investigations focused on whether the Committee for Health and Social Care’s (HSC) processes for staff training and personal data […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 24 February 2023 at 13:57 GMT.]]> Organisations engage pro-actively with data protection registration https://channeleye.media/organisations-engage-pro-actively-with-data-protection-registration/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:15:45 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=41482 Half-way through its annual registration period, Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority has thanked local organisations who have already completed their renewal, and those who have registered for the first time. The registration period is open for another month – so there is plenty time for local controllers and processors to renew or create […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 2 February 2023 at 10:15 GMT.]]> Guernsey seeks new Data Protection Commissioner in 2024 https://channeleye.media/guernsey-seeks-new-data-protection-commissioner-in-2024/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:00:37 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=41110 The Bailiwick of Guernsey’s Data Protection Authority has launched its search for a new Commissioner to take over from its current Commissioner, Emma Martins, whose agreed term finishes at the end of 2023. The Data Protection Commissioner is a statutory role that acts as a non-voting member of the Data Protection Authority, and CEO of […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 24 January 2023 at 09:00 GMT.]]> Complexity of personal data breaches revealed https://channeleye.media/complexity-of-personal-data-breaches-revealed/ Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:15:18 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=34660 Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) has published its latest breach statistics with twenty-seven personal data breaches reported during January and February 2022. Breach incidents during January-February included: detailed data about a client’s financial status being sent to another client (breach reported from within the legal sector); a form including a named patient’s […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 23 March 2022 at 09:15 GMT.]]> Data protection and the foundations of democracy https://channeleye.media/data-protection-and-the-foundations-of-democracy/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:36 +0000 https://channeleye.media/?p=34547 Profoundly moved by events unfolding in Ukraine, Guernsey Bailiwick’s Data Protection Commissioner Emma Martins explains how data protection legislation not only protects people, it is one of the foundations our democracy and society is built on. I have found, throughout my life, that I am struck my how eloquently and powerfully someone can convey a […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 18 March 2022 at 10:00 GMT.]]>