{"id":122358,"date":"2019-05-01T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T09:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=122358"},"modified":"2019-05-01T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T09:53:25","slug":"how-charity-comms-teams-can-stay-data-compliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/how-charity-comms-teams-can-stay-data-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"How charity comms teams can stay data compliant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) has <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/action-weve-taken\/audits-and-advisory-visits\/2614717\/ico-recommendations-for-charities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published data protection tips for charities<\/a>. Charities rely on data \u2013 from their donors, beneficiaries, clients, partners, media contacts, influencers, staff and trustees \u2013 in order to achieve their goals and ultimately support those in need. Charity comms teams often have to juggle data from all of these otherwise disparate groups, making data compliance a key part of the modern comms role.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ICO has presented charities with five data compliance tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set compliance goals<\/li>\n<li>Host training sessions<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for the unexpected<\/li>\n<li>Keep on top of data housekeeping<\/li>\n<li>Be transparent about people\u2019s data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It suggests that \u2018data protection compliance should be one of the main priorities of an organisation\u2019, and as we\u2019re almost one year on from the implementation of the GDPR, most charities should now have a good understanding of their data management processes and how they are compliant.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the General Data Protection Regulation requires every organisation that processes data to have a legal basis for doing so, which should also be made clear to everyone whose data you\u2019re processing.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a requirement for staff to know why and how you\u2019re processing data, which is why the ICO includes advice to \u2018Host training sessions\u2019. This is good advice for both new and existing team members. While it may seem like we all swallowed the GDPR dictionary last year \u2013 at Vuelio we produced a large number of resources for PR and comms professionals (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/gdpr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you can see them all here<\/a>) \u2013 how many new team members have you taken on since 25 May 2018? And how much do <em>you<\/em> remember from the advice at the time?<\/p>\n<p>Refreshers and training for communications teams are great, but if you don\u2019t have the right tools in place then it\u2019s all talk and no substance, and compliance can prove complicated. Vuelio helps you stay fully GDPR compliant, with tools to automatically send your privacy policies out, record consent and record an audit trial so if anyone ever requests their data, you can prove how and when you\u2019ve collected and used it.<\/p>\n<p>This means when the unexpected happens, not only are you more prepared \u2013 as the ICO recommends \u2013 but you\u2019re also equipped to quickly and easily produce evidence of your data compliance, keeping your stakeholders happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019d like to find out more about how Vuelio can help you manage your GDPR requirements and data protection compliance, fill out our dedicated form <\/strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/gdpr\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong> and one of our compliance experts will be in touch. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) has published data protection tips for charities. Charity comms teams often have to juggle data from all of these otherwise disparate groups, making data compliance a key part of the modern comms role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":122359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7365,7372,7272,3705],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122362,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122358\/revisions\/122362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}