The iConfirm platform is designed to make GDPR compliance easier by giving businesses the opportunity to obtain and document consent for processing personal data, authenticate consent-givers, restrict data processing until consent is obtained, inform individuals of the purpose of data gathering, manage access controls and generate reports, and provide an end-user portal where the user…
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Clarion creates CIO role
Clarion Housing Group has appointed Ian Woosey to its newly-created role of chief information officer. Before joining Clarion, Woosey was CIO of, respectively, food distributor Brakes and Carpetright. Woosey’s role will focus on IT, business solutions, data and business intelligence functions, as well as preparations for the initial roll-out of Clarion’s ERP platform later this…
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EMH connects with Cloud Dialogs
The amalgamation of four housing providers into EMH Group has led to the organisation completely revamping its IT systems, including the implementation of Cloud Dialog’s Service Connect for repairs reporting, scheduling and mobile working. Helen Bradford, group head of ICT, EMH Group, said, “We recognised early on that we needed completely new IT systems to…
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Renfrewshire’s IoT trial with iOpt Assets
An internet of things (IoT) initiative in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and repair bills. Working with Renfrewshire Council, smart asset management company iOpt Assets has been detecting temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels at 50 social homes around…
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Key steps for GDPR
Although many of the main principles of GDPR are the same as the current Data Protection Act and even if you are already complying with this, there are new elements and significant changes which mean organisations will need to rethink their current procedures and practices. There are a variety of ways in which housing organisations…
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GDPR and housing
Cutting straight to the point about GDPR, the central sentiment is that data belongs to the individual and not to you. Depending on the letters you are planning to send then different rules apply. Housing providers would be unlikely to send marketing letters (which would mean that if you have built your database yourself then…
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