The Office of the Data Protection Authority is honoured to have Elizabeth Renieris, an expert on data governance and the human rights implications of new and emerging technologies, as our 2023 Bijou guest lecturer. The author of Beyond Data: Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse, her passion for data protection was ignited at university when a classmate hacked into internal residential house directories, scraped the student ID photos of female residents from their pages and pitted the undergraduate women against each other on a website called Facemash. Her classmate was Mark Zuc ..read more

In this episode, Kirsty Bougourd speaks to Matthew Parker who, for the past 11 years, has dedicated hundreds of hours of his free time to educating the Bailiwick's young people about online safety and data protection. Matthew was recently awarded one of the ODPA's inaugural Bijou Awards for his dedication and commitment all given to local schools for free. , He discusses his motivation and how the digital landscape has changed over the years ..read more

This audio is based on a fictional narrative set in the near future and written by one of the founders of augmented reality and an expert in AI, Louis Rosenberg. It was performed by Oliver Bailey-Davies, Sam Garioch and Sarah Hansmann Rouxel from Tin Whistle Productions. It was produced and recorded by Simon Prince at Hot Source studios in Guernsey. Louis Rosenberg is campaigning for 'guardrails' to be put in place before new technologies develop and evolve to protect users. Metaverse 2030 is an example of 'useful fiction', stories which help explain important issues of the time and enable peo ..read more

For International Women’s Day 2023, the UN is highlighting the need for digital inclusion. Here at the ODPA, we are marking this with a call to action from one of the women doing everything in their power to make this a reality. Katherine Levy talks to Stephanie Luce, the co-founder of the Islands Data Governance Forum, which brings together the fields of cyber security and data protection. Stephanie is also Principal Policy Officer Cyber Security and Data Protection for the Government of Jersey and is currently seconded to the Jersey Cyber Security Centre. She has a wealth of experience and k ..read more

In this podcast two members of the ODPA's Communication Team discuss the approach used to engage young people in the importance of protecting personal data to children.  Kirsty Bougourd, ODPA Outreach Officer, is responsible for finding ways to help young people understand more about personal data and why they need to look after it.  ODPA Communications Officer, Katherine Spencer, finds out more about the thinking behind some of the projects that have been launched in schools and the challenges Kirsty has faced in bringing a subject like data protection to younger generations and the ..read more

In this episode, Joh Harvey, the founder of health food delivery service and café the Raw Store shares his experience of being the victim of a cyber-attack. It resulted in several of his clients being defrauded, despite the fact he did not store card details on his website. With cyber-attacks increasing in both frequency and sophistication, Joh hopes his story could help other small businesses protect their data – and clients - from opportunistic hackers. Please excuse the traffic noise, we recorded this in the Raw Store’s bustling headquarters, which is on a busy road ..read more

In this contribution to the ODPA's social initiative Project Bijou, privacy professional and Plain English expert, Emma Butler explains why writing clearly is so important and gives tips on how to do it well. She runs through the key factors to consider and gives tips on what to remember when getting a message across is what it's all about ..read more

In this episode Data Protection Commissioner for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Emma Martins, reflects on 2022. She discusses what lessons can be learned from breaches reported to the ODPA and how we can all be better prepared for caring for personal data properly. She reflects on the importance of the ODPA's initiatives to engage with the wider community and the vital role they play in the strategic aim to prevent breaches from happening in the first place. Mrs Martins also looks ahead to 2023 and considers how data protection doesn't block innovation but that considering people's privacy and dat ..read more

How do we safely use all the internet connected devices that we now surround ourselves with and do we understand the risks? In this episode the ODPA's Tim Loveridge gets some help and advice from local experts and learns more about the risks the devices, or our lack of knowledge, poses. He gets useful tips on what to do or not to do when using them. They also delve into what the future might hold and how the increasingly connected world might change the way more of us work ..read more

What are personal data breaches and why should we all care about them? In this episode Kirsty Bougourd talks to Deputy Commissioner for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Rachel Masterton, to find out more about what a personal data breach is and why the ODPA has changed the way they are reported. Every 2 months the ODPA releases the number of personal data breaches reported in the Bailiwick. The way these are reported was changed from 1st January 2022 so that organisations can specify how the breach happened and explain the circumstances that led to the breach. They can also report what the outcome o ..read more