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Meet the 230 new emojis approved for 2019

Chris Grant (he/him) February 27, 2019 0 Comments
The Unicode Consortium, the group which approve the icons before they appear on the likes of Android and iOS, has given the green light for no less than 230 new emojis.This means that the designs included on the official list should be visible on smartphones in the second half of 2019. The list is the sixth major update since the birth of emojis, way back when, and it's a big...
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New ICO GDPR guidance: Passwords and encryption in online services and websites

Chris Grant (he/him) November 02, 2018 0 Comments
What is required under the GDPR? The latest guidance from the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) could be relevant to anyone operating a website (whether it's using WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal or numerous other content management systems. If your website allows users to log in, whether it's staff, volunteers, customers, or the general public, the new guidance needs to be considered....
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Adrian Evans of Wiltshire School of Motoring is fundraising to help with basic support for bereaved families

Chris Grant (he/him) June 11, 2018 0 Comments
Adrian Evans, of Wiltshire School of Motoring, is swapping his steering wheel for running shoes to take on the Parish Walk on the 23rd June 2018. Adrian hopes to raise £2000 to to help with basic support for bereaved families. donate to Adrian's JustGiving Crowdfunding page and help make it happen: https://wiltshiresom.com/justgiving My name is Adrian. my Grandson Jake passed away just over a...
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Your GDPR compliance checklist

Chris Grant (he/him) June 01, 2018 0 Comments
Getting through the General Data Protection Regulation Whether you’re a business owner, senior manager, or a designated data protection officer, if it’s your job to keep on top of GDPR legislation and ensure your organisation upholds the GDPR compliance requirements, and you sure have a lot on your plate! To give you a helping hand we've put together a GDPR Compliance Checklist that...
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The GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation – is here. What should website owners do now?

Chris O'Brien May 25, 2018 0 Comments
The new GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation - which came into effect on 25th May this year and replaces the current Data Protection laws across the UK and Europe. It's important that all businesses are aware of what it means for your them, as the consequences of not complying with the new regulations could be severe, with, worse case, fines of up to 20 million Euros for larger companies....
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O’Brien Media has (you guessed it) a new Privacy Policy

Tom Furmanski May 24, 2018 0 Comments
I'll keep this short, as you've probably already received no less than 50 of these privacy policy update notifications in the last week alone. We've updated our Privacy Policy, effective May 24, 2018. These changes were made primarily in preparation for the EU's new data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Nothing is changing about how your information is processed....
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Electronic signatures, and signing documents digitally, has some great benefits

Chris O'Brien May 11, 2018 0 Comments
Why are e-signatures & trust services important? Businesses and individuals involved in commercial transactions or messaging activities need to have confidence in, and be trusting of, any communication that is sent in relation to that activity. This helps to ensure that documents sent electronically have not been altered in any way, that the sender can be easily recognised, and that the...
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How website software updates are more important than ever with the introduction of GDPR

Chris Grant (he/him) May 08, 2018 0 Comments
Whatever software and plugins you use for your website, regular updates are needed to fix bugs, increase security, enhance and add features, and generally improve performance. If you don’t update your website software, you may have issues in areas of website performance such as page load speed and web browser compatibility, and your site will be at greatly increased risk of hacking. How you...
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GDPR and website contact forms – basic steps you need to take

Chris Grant (he/him) May 06, 2018 0 Comments
One of the key principles of GDPR is informed consent, and one of the main changes you'll probably need to make to your website ahead of the 25th May implementation date of GDPR is add storage and processing consent check-boxes to your website contact forms. Not just for marketing purposes It's important to note that this isn't just where you'll be collecting email addresses or other details to...
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What does GDPR and new European Privacy laws mean for your business

Jenny Howell April 30, 2018 0 Comments
What does GDPR mean? As of the 25th of May 2018, data protection laws are changing from the 1998 Data Protection Act to the new EU GDPR and there are several changes that the team at O’Brien Media have made that some website and business owners may not be aware they have to make too. The new regulation will focus more on documentation and procedures, changing how organisations approach data...
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