What’s this about? As of 1 January 2021 the UK has entered into a new post-Brexit phase. Looking forward, this brief article looks at the possible changes in compliance terms for the trio of Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering and Export Controls. Sanctions Sanctions rules may affect businesses as follows: They must have in place adequate systems Read more »
Client Alert: Spanish Data Protection Regulator Fines CaixaBank €6M
Introduction The Spanish Data Protection Regulator, the Agencia Española Proteccion Datos (AEPD) recently fined CaixaBank €6m for data protection failures. Whilst Spain has perhaps been the most active regulator under GDPR, the fine is somewhat unusual as historically (other than the €5m fine for BBVA in December 2020) fines in Spain have been low. What Read more »
Life With GDPR: Episode 51 – Reduction to GDPR Fines by EU Courts
https://youtu.be/sfdQWON1Mgg In this episode Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. They consider EU courts reducing fines and penalties assessed by data protection regulators. This reminds us that, as we said before, data protection authorities are likely to face challenges to high fines in Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 71 – the the Year End Review Edition
https://youtu.be/KMnQ_xuCMM0 Jonathan Armstrong joins leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast hosted by the Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox. In this episode of Everything Compliance, Matt Kelly, Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, Mike Volkov and Jonathan Marks come together to highlight what they saw as key issues and questions from 2020 Read more »
Life With GDPR: Episode 50 – The Experian Enforcement Notice Case
In this episode Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. Here they consider the Experian enforcement action. Recently, the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), slapped Experian with an enforcement notice requiring the company to make major changes to how it Read more »
Client Alert: Fines imposed by French Data Protection Regulator including for Data Transfer Transparency Non-Compliance
We first wrote this note on 26 November 2020 and have updated it with more details about the case. In brief Following investigations (triggered by complaints), the French data protection regulator, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), has sanctioned two French organisations for a number of data protection compliance failures: Carrefour France Read more »
Client Alert: Experian comes out fighting against ICO Enforcement Notice
Introduction The UK Information Commission’s Office (ICO) has slapped Experian with an enforcement notice requiring the company to make major changes to how it processes personal data in its UK marketing services business. The two other largest credit reference agencies (CRAs) Equifax and TransUnion were also investigated at the same time in relation to their Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: Richard Levick on Crisis Management & Responding to the Pandemic
In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Richard Levick. Richard Levick is the Chairman & CEO of Levick. He is a television news contributor on crisis and public affairs communications; columnist for multiple publications; book author; pioneer of litigation communications; globally recognized crisis communications keynote speaker and Read more »
Swedish Data Protection Regulator Imposes Fine for Failure to Report Data Breach
Introduction The Swedish Data Protection Authority (“the Datainspektionen”) recently imposed a fine of 200,000 Swedish kronor (approximately €18,700 or $21,320) on the Swedish National Government Service Centre (“the NGSC”) for failing to notify both the Datainspektionen and others about a personal data breach in sufficient time. This brief article highlights the issues in the case. Read more »
UK government modern slavery compliance and coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
Introduction The UK government (through the Home Office) recently issued guidance entitled “Modern slavery reporting during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic”, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-reporting-modern-slavery-for-businesses/modern-slavery-reporting-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic.This article sets out what the guidance says. What is UK modern slavery compliance all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure/transparency requirements mean Read more »
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