We first published these FAQs in June 2020 and we have made some changes to reflect more recent developments Introduction In 2019 the EU introduced a new law to enable whistleblowers to report about EU law irregularities – this law also harmonises the minimum level of protection available to whistleblowers across the EU. These new Read more »
Client Alert: Driving Compliance: Car Tech and Data Protection FAQs
We first published this article on 20 May 2020 and we are updating it to take account of the EDPB’s revised guidance and some other recent developments. Introduction Vehicle technology (often called car tech) is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with GPS trackers, inbuilt software, in-car cameras and other devices and apps gathering large amounts of data Read more »
Modern Slavery: UK Online Registry Launched
What is UK modern slavery compliance all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure/transparency requirements mean that an organisation with an annual turnover of UK £36 million or more that sells goods or services in the UK is required to annually publish a slavery statement demonstrating what they are Read more »
Compliance Podcast Network: Introducing the Cordery Head to Head @ Home series
Introducing Cordery’s new Head to Head @ Home podcast, just launched on the Compliance Podcast network. We’re exploring the most critical issues facing compliance professionals, and host Jonathan Armstrong is talking to the leading experts who are shaping the industry. Don’t miss an episode! You can listen to these podcasts here: http://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/category/head-to-head-home/
UK Post-Brexit & Product Regulatory Compliance: Liability, Safety, Withdrawal & Conformity
What’s this all about? A key highlighted feature of the deal between the UK and the EU in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) is that as of 1 January 2021 there will be zero tariffs or quotas applied to trade in goods between the UK and the EU (where those goods satisfy so-called “rules Read more »
Draft EU Adequacy Decisions issued for the UK
What’s this all about? Today the European Commission announced that it was satisfied with the UK data protection regime post-Brexit and it has issued draft “Adequacy Decisions” for the UK. The European Commission said that it had analysed the UK’s situation over the past few past months, including UK rules on access to data by Read more »
UK REACH – Post-Brexit & Chemicals Regulatory Compliance FAQs
What’s this about? “Full” Brexit has taken place as it were as of 1 January 2021 affecting most regulatory areas including chemicals regulatory compliance. These FAQs are about the UK’s post-Brexit chemicals regulatory compliance regime. What’s EU REACH? The EU’s chemicals regulatory regime is called REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of CHemicals) which entered Read more »
EU “Class-Action” Rules FAQs
Introduction The EU recently issued rules concerning consumer class-actions, which in EU terms are called “representative actions”, to be brought by designated entities against organisations which have infringed EU law. It is for the (27) EU Member States to implement these new rules (“Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Read more »
UK Post-Brexit Data Protection Regime Compliance FAQs: UK GDPR & EU GDPR
What’s this all about? These FAQs are about the UK’s data protection regime post-Brexit, i.e. what applies as of 1 January 2021. It’s a complicated topic so this note is longer and more complex than usual. We use some specialist data protection terms which are explained at www.bit.ly/gdprwords. What’s the timeline? By way of reminder, Read more »
Client Alert: COVID-19 and Corruption FAQs
Introduction We first published this note on 12 May 2020 and have updated it to take into account more recent developments. The current pandemic affects all aspects of the compliance world. In previous alerts we have looked at the effects of the pandemic on data protection (see http://bit.ly/gdprvirus) and modern slavery (https://bit.ly/corderyms19). But what are Read more »
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