ParaDPO’s co-director Clifford Barton explains how GDPR is now part of our everyday existence (not that the Data Protection Act 2018 is beyond current thought), ranging from the curious tenant or the fractious employee wishing to exercise their rights over how their personal data is used, to the largest housing providers with a duty of…
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Intelligent connectivity – Not a just a pipe dream
As BT launches its Intelligent Connectivity future networks proposition to the market, a number of my CIO customers across the housing sector have asked me how this is relevant for them. Why would more investment in the network underpin any digital transformation plans to achieve a smarter digital future? On the one hand, procurement frameworks…
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Compliance – Are you negating your asset risk?
When I was thinking about what to cover in a piece on compliance, it struck me that compliance may mean different things to different people. To the finance and housing departments, compliance may be about HCA governance and IDAs, while those involved in asset management would have a different definition. Well, as you’d expect, I…
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The opportunity in housing energy
Across Great Britain, smart energy meters are being installed in every home to start the digital transformation of the way we consume energy. As with other sectors before, such as music, films and more recently financial services, the digitisation of a market significantly changes it, introducing opportunities for new services, players and transformed customer experiences….
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The right approach to digital transformation
The world we live in is obsessed with information; although society is firmly in the ‘information age’, there is a tendency to collect data from every conceivable source and present it ad nauseum. In business, the analysis of data can provide organisations with vital competitive advantage if – and only if – the resultant information…
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GDPR is here – What happens next?
After over a year of build-up, GDPR has now been in force for over three months. But the real journey for the housing sector is only just beginning, as Daniela Flores, in-house counsel and GDPR officer at Insite Energy, explains. The deadline of 25 May 2018 certainly created a sense of urgency, but the scope…
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