By Naomi Korn Photo by Hunter Harritt on Unsplash It’s one year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was transposed into legislation across EEA member countries and in the UK as the Data Protection Act 2018. But data protection laws are not new – it’s simply that their relevance in the digital age had diminished. GDPR […]
By Carol Tullo, OBE Image ©Claudia Weaver We are often asked “What can I do to remind everyone about data protection? They have all been trained but I need to refresh their understanding regularly. Help!” Here are some ideas. The ICO’s Six Step Test for Brexit preparations and its guidance is largely about reinforcing that […]
By Claudia Weaver As a photographer, my life largely involves marketing myself to people and businesses of all kinds. As someone who has been educated as a photographer, I understand the basic ideas of model releases and copyright. Despite this knowledge, I have seen photographers that have been operating for years struggling to help clients […]
Managing Director, Naomi Korn, gives her views With over 1.4 billion items now available online under Creative Commons licences, I wanted to synthesize key points about this revolution in licensing, via a handy A-Z (available, naturally, under a Creative Commons licence). Attribution is a key requirement for Creative Commons licences (apart from CC0). Before you […]
Senior Consultant at Naomi Korn Associates, Carol Tullo, gives her views I should paraphrase this as what I have learnt, working in and advising organisations in the UK and internationally about data privacy and protection. I offer a few thoughts – one for every month so far, on some of the basics that have struck […]
By Charles Oppenheim, Senior Consultant, Naomi Korn Associates Image credit: Aymanjed I’ve been in the licensing of digital resources business for nearly 40 years (I first started in 1980); the first twelve years I worked for electronic publishers (Thomson-Reuters, and Elsevier), negotiating licences with other database producers and with libraries. The subject areas ranged from […]
Photo by StartupStockPhotos Naomi Korn Associates is delighted to offer a Data Protection Officer Workshop for cultural heritage organisations, schools, further and higher education institutions, charities and other public sector bodies. The training will take place at the Imperial War Museum, London on 2 October 2018, 10am to 4pm. Please see below for details! This […]
Seascape, Beatrice Bright Photo credit: Doncaster Museum Service With less than 3 weeks to go until #GDPR becomes law across Europe, we wanted to take some steam out of the scare-mongering and shed some light on some of the more ridiculous myths we have been hearing about the forth coming changes to the data protection […]
By Rebecca Imaizumi, Marketing Assistant, NKCC Where do you look when you need high quality pictures for your website, blog, twitter or Facebook? The internet is filled with beautiful images. It’s easy to download them and reuse them without seeking permission from the rights holder. However, it’s important to keep in mind that the rights […]
With just under two months until the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) becomes law in the UK (25 May 2018) what do we think are the key things to concentrate on now? 1. GDPR is a great opportunity for you to start your journey towards data protection compliance. It’s not a destination. This means that […]
Following the Copyright Essentials course that Naomi and I attended recently for Northamptonshire Heritage Forum and Museum Development East Midlands at the wonderful Aviator Hotel in Wellingborough, we are delighted to be able to offer a free copyright permission form, available here: NKCC_Copyright Agreement_Final_with Header We hope this will be useful to all our friends and […]
By Carol Tullo, Non Exec Advisor NKCC Christmas Day will mark the 6 month point before the new data protection regime is operational from May 25, 2018. This offered a seasonal hook for my personal reflections on data protection preparedness across a number of organisations that I have worked with and advised this year. There […]
