GDPR

One in three calls go unanswered and Information requests haven’t met targets for last five years

July 21, 2022 // 3 Comments

Yesterday at Cabinet, Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) & Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem) both raised the issue around the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the council not [...]

Russell Tillson uses confidential information in Wimble’s Looker magazine and places lives in danger.

March 16, 2022 // 3 Comments

Updated – Thursday 17.3.22 @ 08:12am. On Wednesday 9 February, 2022, St Mary’s in the Marsh Parish Cllr, Russell Tillson, wrote the front page story in The [...]

Problems abound for Meritum domiciliary care company

October 18, 2021 // 5 Comments

Since we last last wrote about overcharging by a domiciliary care company – Meritum Intergrated Care LLP, there have been some further developments which customers [...]

Council’s benefit algorithm is secretive, unevidenced, incredibly invasive and more likely than not discriminatory and unlawful

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and algorithmic decision-making are mainstays of every sector of the global economy. From search engine recommendations and advertising [...]

FHDC not compliant with post-Schrems II data protection law?

June 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

Back in Dec 2020 we posted the following blog: The Council’s Facebook Page – some questions for them We asked Folkestone & Hythe District Council the questions and [...]

He’s a very naughty boy!

November 23, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated 08:20 25/11/20 And who is a very naughty boy… yep it’s Leo Livingston Griggs (pictured). The local Tory party donor has like others fallen foul of GDPR, [...]

FHDC Set To Use Zoom Despite Data Being Sent To China

April 7, 2020 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council are set to use Zoom, the video conferencing software, to conduct its virtual meetings. As we understand Cllrs have been asked to [...]

Planning For The Future

March 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a post coronavirus world we need a better model to kick in when and if another pandemic strikes. The council emergency planning was devoid of any action to be taken in the [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s website does not adhere to GDPR on consent

February 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Significant Errors & Non Compliance with GDPR

December 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Recently Folkestone & Hythe District Council compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) was audited by the East Kent Audit Partnership (EKAP) and [...]

Actions speak louder than words

November 6, 2019 // 6 Comments

The Folkestone & Hythe Labour Party openly admit and state in their privacy policy they are a data controller in their own right: As they openly claim that they are a [...]

General Election: Profiling of voters is off limits

November 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

Personal data about you is held by all the major political parties. They harvest it, process it on an industrial scale and use it to target individuals across all regions of [...]

This affects you all

April 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

Have you received your privacy notice from your employer? Have your children, teenager received theirs from the educational establishment they attend? And what about you the [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council: a breach of trust

April 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Otterpool Park: Another significant data breach?

March 21, 2019 // 5 Comments

In the planning application Y19/0257/FH – Otterpool Park the document – Statement Of Community Involvement – has been submitted. At page 9 of the document [...]

How to win friends and influence people

February 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Numpties, numpties, numpties they are all numpties Since the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) were introduced on May 25th 2018, eight and half months ago, the vast [...]

Official Diaries Part 2: East Kent Hospital Trust says yes. Folkestone & Hythe DC says no.

February 4, 2019 // 1 Comment

East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have released Susan Acott’s , the Chief Executive’s diary. It is not as open as Cllr Paul [...]

A bunch of muppets, dodgy data, & Pensand House & Marlborough Court.

November 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Councillors fail to take GDPR Compliance training putting ‘residents at risk’

July 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors wear three hats when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, these are: As a [...]

The Long Read: Kent Police can extract mobile phone data without your knowledge, your consent or a warrant.

June 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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