GDPR and Data Protection Advice
Alex Goodman writes every article here. He is a data protection consultant with over ten years of practice across financial services, SaaS, healthcare, and the charity sector.
The topics come from the questions UK businesses ask: how to respond to a subject access request, what to do in the first 72 hours of a data breach, whether you need a named DPO, and how to handle UK GDPR without a full-time compliance team.
The answers are in plain English.
Employee Subject Access Requests: What You Have to Hand Over When Staff Ask for Their Data
by: Alex GoodmanPublished on: 17/09/2026An employee sends a subject access request in the middle of a grievance, disciplinary or tribunal claim. What you must search, what you can hold back, the 2026 DUAA changes, and the mistake that got a director convicted.
Can You Email Your Customers Without Their Permission?
by: Alex GoodmanPublished on: 15/09/2026Yes, UK businesses can email existing customers without consent, but only under PECR's soft opt-in and only if 4 conditions are met on every send. Here is what the rules say, where businesses fail, and what the ICO now fines.
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Alex Goodman is an experienced GDPR consultant and outsourced Data Protection Officer working with UK businesses to improve their DPO and GDPR compliance.
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