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A SHORTish GDPR implementation checklist, for health and wellbeing practitioners and therapists

I find it all very confusing. Just when I’ve spent a few hours figuring something out and deciding to set something in place, I then hear from someone else that we don’t have to set that thing in place. There’s reams of info, with clauses about this and that and the other. So I reckon, reduce your stress and prevent pulling out your hair, put a whole bunch of stuff in place, cover your back, then you don’t have to worry about anything. I’ve …

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GDPR Opt-In advice for complementary therapists / health and wellbeing practitioners

In my previous post you can read about GDPR and what action you can take to make sure you are adhering to the regulations. However, I felt we needed a bit more clarity on the “must clients opt-in” question. Ever heard of a “soft opt-in”? Well, now you have. The information below will help you tremendously to understand what you need to do around getting clients, or potential clients, to opt-in. Coupled with this advice, I recommend you do the …

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Why is GDPR important to me (a health and wellbeing practitioner) and what action must I take?

Easy speak GDPR summary and solutions below for health and wellbeing practitioners Don’t freak out about GDPR, it’s actually quite simple! We are not experts on this subject, this is simply The Webmistress take on all of these GRPD changes. I can’t include EVERYTHING in the list below, please read this checklist from the ICO and adhere to it. There is another checklist here (a more recent blog post) you might want to look at. As a wellbeing practitioner you …

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Cyber attack update and how to protect yourself

This post is to alert you to the cyber attack that happened on Friday. The attack was worldwide and “The virus exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows software, first identified by the US National Security Agency, experts have said.” Please continue reading no matter what system you run In general…