Cordery Lawyers, Jonathan Armstrong and André Bywater set out their thoughts on what BREXIT may mean for compliance in this video update. You can also read their recent briefing for the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics’ Compliance and Ethics Blog here. For more information please contact Jonathan or André who are lawyers with Cordery in London where their Read more »
Information Commissioner’s Annual Report
The Information Commissioner’s Annual Report was recently published which shows data protection regulatory activity in the UK for 2015/2016. This report is the last presented by the outgoing Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham. It is a lengthy report but amongst the matters discussed are:- Whilst the GDPR will abolish the data protection registration regime it is Read more »
It’s time to get ready for GDPR
There is new data protection regulation coming and a lot of panic in the air. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We’ve worked with Company85 to prepare a guide to help IT teams understand the implications of the legislation and encourage them to start the planning and strategic work now. Read the guide here and Read more »
Ireland to refer Schrems matter to European Court for legal clarity about Model Clauses
As we’ve reported before, last October the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) ruled “Safe Harbor”, one of the mechanisms for legitimately transferring personal data from the EU to the US, as invalid. That matter originated from Ireland following a complaint made by Mr. Max Schrems to the Irish data protection regulator about data transfers Read more »
Subject Access Requests and Investigations
We have been seeing a rise recently in the number and complexity of Subject Access Requests (SARs) being made under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998). A High Court case where judgement was handed down last month shows the complexity of this area of the law and how SARs can be used to try Read more »
GDPR now published
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) has now been published in the EU Official Journal. It will fully apply from 25 May 2018. By way of very quick reminder the key features of GDPR are: Streamlined data processing principles; Privacy by design and default; Recalibrated consent requirement; Mandatory data protection impact assessment for high Read more »
GDPR update – new era for EU data protection
The European General Data Protection Regulation (now being commonly referred to as the GDPR) appears to have finally reached the end of the EU legislative pipeline with the vote by the European Parliament today, following its adoption by the (EU) Council at the end of last week. Four years in the making and subject to Read more »
Mossack Fonseca leak: video update
Cordery lawyer, André Bywater discusses how the leak of more than 11½ million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has significant ramifications in a whole host of different areas of compliance. Read our full alert here. There are more details of our investigations, bribery and sanctions practices on our website. Details of the work Read more »
Mossack Fonseca #Panamaleaks breach has significant compliance consequences for most businesses
Sunday’s revelations about the leak of more than 11½ million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have significant ramifications in a whole host of different areas of compliance. The leak does not just affect Panama. According to the Mossack Fonseca the firm has offices outside of Panama including 12 offices in Europe. There Read more »
Changes at the top for the UK Data Protection Regulator
The UK Government this week announced that they intend to propose Elizabeth Denham as the new Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner leads the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) the data protection and freedom of information regulator for the UK. Denham is currently the Information & Privacy Commissioner in British Columbia, Canada. She will step down Read more »
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