Data
For some time now we have wondered how Folkestone & Hythe District Council complies with data protection law when operating its Facebook page. It’s not a challenge [...]
Digital Judas betrays us all
Mobile phones, long a tool of liberation, have now become a digital Judas, regardless who we are, or where we are from. Mobile phones have helped tens of thousands of [...]
Yet another data Data Breach by the Council
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have suffered another data breach via their YouTube Channel The Cabinet member responsible for: Information technology, information [...]
EKH spend £3.7 million on Temporary Staff and 146 Gas Safety Checks Outstanding
Updated: 9.30am 24/04/20 On the 27th May, Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet met over Zoom to discuss Report Number:C/20/06, the East Kent Housing (EKH) Single [...]
East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”
“As I understand it East Kent Housing (EKH) is being run from an unsupported two versions owned, obsolete version of Northgate software which is hosted on servers which [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s website does not adhere to GDPR on consent
It doesn’t surprise us, and by now it should NOT surprise you either. An investigation by the BBC Shared Data Unit proves beyond all reasonable doubt that Folkestone [...]
Local Elections May 2nd 2019: Transparency Matters
Transparency and the willingness to be completely open with you the residents of our district, is a state of mind, I believe. And the current elected mindset who control [...]
Another significant data breach by Folkestone & Hythe District Council.
“I’m busy. I’m in a meeting” were the words of the monitoring officer and Solicitor to Folkestone & Hythe District Council, (FHDC), Amandeep [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council: a breach of trust
We are handing over more of our personal data than ever before to Folkestone & Hythe District Council in exchange for more efficient and better targeted services. As part [...]
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust performing miracles
The last time a member of the Shepwayvox Team saw his great-aunt Joanna she was propped up by many pillows and lying in a hospital bed with a tube protruding from her nose. [...]
A bunch of muppets, dodgy data, & Pensand House & Marlborough Court.
One lunch time last week 29th Oct – 2nd Nov, I received an email. I opened it and read it and to my surprise found myself laughing at its contents. The email only [...]
Part 2: P & R Installation Company Ltd
A month ago we brought you a Long Read blog about P & R and how badly they were performing in relation to the £27 milllion pound central heating, emergency 24/7 gas and [...]
The Long Read: Kent Police can extract mobile phone data without your knowledge, your consent or a warrant.
How important is your mobile phone to you? How important is the data on your phone? If your phone could talk what wouldn’t you want it to say about you? What about the [...]
The Lion Which Never Roared
Between April – June 17, One in Five calls from the public went unanswered by Shepway District Council (SDC). In other words 20% of SDC’s customers were not [...]