5 reasons Consent Management in healthcare is a burning issue
The health industry has always sought to obtain consent where possible. The processes followed though are often out of date…
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Read insight →Consentua Interoperability Demo
Consentua Interoperability demo by the Kantara consent receipt working group. This is a video about the Kantara Consent Receipt Specification given by the chair of the Kantara working group, Andrew Hughes. Our Consentua software has been designed around the Consent Receipt Standard. It is used in the video to demonstrate how the standard is applied. The standard is […]
Read insight →Press Release: Consentua leaves IAB
PRESS RELEASE Consentua Leaves IAB London, UK. 25th June 2019. The makers of Consentua, the world-leading consent and preference management platform – Making it easy to do the right thing, by helping data controllers to be trustworthy and supporting individuals to have choice and control – have decided not to renew their subscription to the […]
Read insight →Capybara is live! Latest Consentua release in production
Capybara – the new Consentua release. Capybara is a release that has been months in the making and is a result of some great feedback from our users. We have been listening! Continuing our theme of obscure mammals, now it’s time for Capybara, previous names include Aardvark and Beluga. From the beginning, we’ve seen Consentua […]
Read insight →Privacy Expert joins KnowNow
Dr. Richard Gomer is a recognised Privacy Expert specialising in consent management. We recently appointed him Director responsible for Consentua. Please join me in welcoming him to the KnowNow family. Richard has recently completed his PhD at the University of Southampton and continues to be a member of their Meaningful Consent project. With varied project […]
Read insight →Proposing a global consent receipt standard
We are pleased to announce that we are now members of the Kantara Initiative – a proposal for an open, global, Consent Receipt standard. We work hard to ensure the Consentua consent management system is interoperable with other personal information management services. Signing up to this emerging standard consolidates that position. It also enables us […]
Read insight →You are now a personal data guardian
Personal data guardian. A new role. Data controllers and processors are starting to realise some of the implications of GDPR (the new General Data Protection Regulation – which was enacted 25th May 2018). One of these implications is that your role has been enhanced to become a personal data guardian. What is this personal data […]
Read insight →Be first to see the new Consentua Brochure
Our new Consentua Brochure is now available. Get it by clicking the picture or following the link below. Consentua_Brochure_pdf What is Consentua? Consentua is our InnovateUK-funded consent management tool. We developed it over the last two years with help from the European Commission. The main purpose of Consentua is to build trust between data owners […]
Read insight →How do I manage consent? Consentua of Course!
For most organisations, consent is probably the most used condition for the process of personal data. Many organisations recognise that they have to improve how they manage consent. Making the request clear and easy to understand, for example. Consentua provides Choice and Control over personal data. Many people see the incoming General Data Protection Regulation […]
Read insight →VivaTech Paris – Consentua on tour
VivaTech Paris 2017 The KnowNow team were at VivaTech in Paris recently. We were there to man a stand and pitch to a panel. Tom & I had been invited by Air France to participate as they wanted to know more about Consentua. Our new personal data consent management service. This was the first time we […]
Read insight →How to implement consent for your council under GDPR
A new service from KnowNow Information, Consentua, helps organisations build citizen trust as required under General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). It provides data processing transparency and gives citizens the choice and control needed to share data safely and comfortably. Consentua – privacy and consent service Consentua captures users’ consent to the use of their personal […]
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