Financial Services

UK Whistleblowing Update

May 13, 2022

What is this about? A recent attempt to reform the current UK whistleblowing rules appears to have stalled. This article is a brief look at where things are at with whistleblowing in the UK. What’s the current situation? Employment In a nutshell, in the UK workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment if Read more »

Life with GDPR – Update on Blackbaud

February 3, 2022

Jonathan Armstrong take on a variety of issues with co-host Tom Fox. In this episode, they consider some of the issues from the Blackbaud data breach enforcement action. Some of considerations include: Does this matter signal a priority in risk shifting by the regulators? Implications for class actions involving customers. Hardening of the insurance market Read more »

Client Alert: Blackbaud Revisited

January 12, 2022

Introduction In July 2020 we looked at one of the biggest ransomware attacks that year involving Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest providers of CRM systems for the higher education, healthcare and not for profit sectors. As litigation rumbles on after the attack in the US and the UK we thought it might be worth Read more »

Client Alert: Ransomware – COVID-19 & Upgrading Your Defences

August 18, 2021

We first published this alert in March 2020 and we have updated it to reflect more recent developments Introduction It’s pretty shameful that in the current crisis we’re seeing ransomware on the rise. It’s even more shameful that organisations involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic seem to be especially at risk. In 2019 ransomware targeted healthcare Read more »

EU Whistleblowing Legislation FAQs

May 27, 2021

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 »

Compliance Podcast Network: Introducing the Cordery Head to Head @ Home series

March 10, 2021

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/

EU Data Protection – glossary

March 3, 2021

We’ve put together this glossary to help explain some of the terms used in data protection and in GDPR. If there’s a term you think we should add let us know. AVG = Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming, the term used sometimes for GDPR in the Netherlands (although increasingly GDPR is used too there). Adequacy Decision = Read more »