What’s this about? The European Court of Justice (“the European Court”) has ruled that, under EU GDPR, vehicle identification numbers constitute personal data in a way that throws some light on the issue of the perspective of determining personal data. This article looks at this in brief. What’s the background? Vehicle identification numbers (VINs) are Read more »
New UK Sanctions Enforcement Unit
What’s this about? A new UK unit has been set up for civil enforcement of the UK’s trade sanctions regime. Generally-speaking, trade sanctions cover goods, services and technology, as opposed to the (UK’s) financial sanctions regime which covers areas like asset freezes and which is enforced separately. The new unit is called the “Office of Read more »
Supply-Chain Due Diligence Update: EU Political Agreement on EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Draft Legislation
Introduction EU political agreement has been reached on the EU’s very significant and wide-ranging draft legislation about human rights and environmental adverse impacts and supply-chain due diligence. This article takes a brief look at this development. What’s this all about? In a nutshell, the new rules will require large firms to identify and, where necessary, Read more »
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, 12th Annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute – 18 – 20 March 2024
Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) 12th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute in Amsterdam on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at session T301 starting at 11.55am. He will join a panel with Kevin Paterson of Insight and Mary Shirley of Masimo Corporation to discuss “New Countries, New Read more »
Recent Developments: UK Sanctions On Russia
What’s this about? The UK sanctions regime concerning Russian individuals and entities with regard to the war in Ukraine has continued to develop; for more about how the UK sanctions regime works see the What is the UK sanctions regime? section of our article here https://www.corderycompliance.com/add65uksanctions/. This article sets out in brief the latest developments. Read more »
Agreement Reached on EU AI Act
What’s this all about? Political agreement has now been reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act – the so-called EU AI Act. The EU AI Act will be in the form of an EU Regulation. The EU AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems Read more »
European Court Ruling on Credit Scoring As “Automated Decision-Making” Under EU GDPR
The European Court of Justice (“the European Court”) has made an important ruling on the interpretation of EU GDPR and the meaning of so-called “automated decision-making”, which this article looks at in brief. What’s the legal background? Under EU GDPR, an individual has the right not to be subject to a decision, which may include Read more »
European Court Rulings on Scope Of Fines: Fine Calculation To Be Based on Group Turnover
What’s this about? The European Court of Justice (“the European Court”) has given two important rulings on a number of issues concerning fines imposed for breaches of EU GDPR, notably, that: the imposition of such fines requires that there be wrongful conduct, i.e. the infringement has been committed intentionally or negligently; there doesn’t need to Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 125, The Post – Thanksgiving Edition
In the latest edition of Everything Compliance, Jonathan Armstrong talks about David Cameron’s return to the UK Government and what this means for compliance. He talks about the need for ethics in government and wonders if standards are slipping in politics and in business. You can listen here: https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/everything-compliance-episode-125-the-post-thanksgiving-edition/ or on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-compliance/id1461926768 Office: +44 Read more »
ICO Issues Cookies Enforcement Warning
What’s this all about? The UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (“the ICO”) recently issued a warning that some of the UK’s top websites face enforcement action if they do not make changes to comply with data protection rules, which this article looks at in brief. What has the ICO said? According to Read more »
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