Here's why - and what the ICO has to say on the matter As you'll know if you've been taking an interest in GDPR (or, of course the DPA before that), if you're going to process data, it has to be done lawfully. Come to think of it, that also applies if you've not much [...]
Ever wondered what the GDPR is all about? Really, what are all those words saying? Those half-million words? Well, we wondered too. So, with the help of a bit of web-jiggery-pokery that the clever people at Tag Crowd have made available to all, we found out. Turns out that the GDPR really is about data, [...]
or What are you doing with my data?! Under the GDPR, if you process data more than occasionally, you’re going to need to keep some pretty detailed records about what you’re doing with your data. Article 30 of the GDPR says that every data controller and processor must keep “records of processing activities.” Now, [...]
So... what's this GDPR thing all about? EU GDPR stands for the European Union General Data Protection Regulation. It is a new law being brought into effect on 25th May 2018. It applies to anyone who works with the data (even just names) of any person within EU (yes, including Britain). It replaces the now ageing [...]
This is the final part of a three-part series of tutorials on Linked Tables in Microsoft Access. If you've missed out on the previous parts, then you may want to take a look: Part one: Why create linked tables in Microsoft Access and then Part two: How to create linked tables in Microsoft Access. In [...]
This is part two of a three-part series of tutorials on Linked Tables in Microsoft Access. If you've missed out on part one, then you may want to take a look: Why create linked tables in Microsoft Access. In this second part of the tutorial, we're taking a look at the practical nuts and bolts, [...]
Linked tables in Microsoft Access Linked tables are strange. Anyone who spends any time developing databases in Microsoft Access will always split their database into a front end and a back end. The front end will contain linked tables which are so called because they are linked to the back end. All this is straightforward. [...]
To our new customers - thank you. Once in a while, we like to say a big thank you to our new customers, for working with us and for taking the plunge to try a new way of training. We've not done so in a while, so I thought now would be a good time. [...]
This is the first in a series of posts we'll be creating over the coming months about the fundamentals of Microsoft Access. This series has been devised to answer the questions that everyone has when they start using Microsoft Access for creating databases, or when they first begin to use existing Microsoft Access databases. The [...]
Documenting your database - you know you should! Part 1 Whenever I create a new database, it's a bit like starting a new year. I start off with the best of intentions, planning lots of ways in which I'll do things better than last time. It used to be commenting - I'll make sure that [...]