Using A Pound To Your Advantage
Strengthen Your Password - Use The Pound Using a strong password is common advice, but how many of us adhere to it? Do not use an easy to guess password, it isn’t rocket science. Try to avoid using any personal information in your password; if your website has links...
Data Protection advice for WordPress
Data Protection advice for WordPress Have you been looking for answers to the following questions: What is the GDPR? How does the GDPR compliance relate to WordPress? What qualifies as personal data under GDPR? How do I find information about my organsations data...
It’s Time to Check Under the Engine
WordPress Website Update WordPress is built using PHP, a server-side scripting language, as its primary programming language. This means that PHP powers the core functionality, themes, and plugins of WordPress. When a user visits a WordPress website, the server runs...
Wordfence Firewall Application
Even basic free WordPress plugins can be worth their weight in Gold! One such plugin is the Wordfence WordPress security plugin; it provides free enterprise-class WordPress security, protecting your website from hacks and malware. So even if you are not using our...
Under the bonnet changes – Could security be at risk?
PHP 7.4 - End of Life - 28th November 2022 PHP, the Hypertext Preprocessor used by servers to communicate with WordPress has announced the end of life (EOL) for version 7.4. What does this mean? From a data protection perspective, it means that there will be no more...
UK Regulator updates their guidance on PECR and Cookies
UK Regulator updates their guidance on PECR and Cookies Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the...
Third Party Data Subject Access Requests
Third Party Data Subject Access RequestsFor any representative, agent or other third-party data subject access request (DSAR), it is the third parties responsibility under the Applied GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 to provide evidence of entitlement (written...