Check what’s on your record with a subject access request

Re-blogged from Leahurst66 After last week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling (which was covered in this post), families across Scotland began to realise that their personal data may well have been collected and shared without their knowledge or consent in line with current advice from the Scottish Government Read More …

‘Raging Bull’ Swinney is still grabbing our personal data

Published in the Scottish Review, 6 July 2016. John Swinney is not for turning. Having been blinded by big data and so-called prevention science, he now describes organisations and people as ‘impediments’ to be overcome in the Scottish Government’s data-driven Read More …

Back to basics on UNCRC, urges Faculty of Advocates

The Faculty of Advocates has urged the Scottish Government to “get back to basics” on children’s rights in a robust response to the consultation on children’s service planning. Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, non-statutory guidance will be issued Read More …