Creating the right regulatory framework for online marketing and data protection is key to a healthy society as well as a healthy economy. Personal data will be the battleground for crime, justice and social cohesion, and for people and companies not up to speed with the issues, it could be uncomfortable and costly. That’s why we donated some of our time to helping the ICO’s team work on drafting a new code for the use of personal data and why we spent time and energy campaigning to raise the importance of these issues in government’s messaging. Our work included acting as readers for proposed documentation, giving guidance the way we have to ministers and departments as policy advisors in the past, and building up the right set of tools and messages for explaining these issues to industry. Now every company is processing personal data it’s never been more important.
This was a £7,500 consultancy award.
