Investigations

European Court of Human Rights Ruling: Azerbaijan To Pay Compensation For Failure To Investigate Forced Labour Claims

October 21, 2021

Introduction Modern slavery compliance issues continue to be a hot topic, which we have recently written about here concerning greenwashing https://www.corderycompliance.com/greenwashing-power-modernslavery-esg/, here about the EU initiative to ban forced labour imports https://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-proposed-ban-forced-labour-products/, and here about the EU’s forced labour guidance https://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-modern-slavery-guidance/. A recent ruling from the European Court of Human Rights shows another dimension to Read more »

UK Court Ruling: CCTV Audio Recording Features Breach UK Data Protection Rules

October 20, 2021

Introduction CCTV/video camera surveillance and data protection is a perennial topic, which we’ve written about in detail here https://www.corderycompliance.com/client-alert-using-cctv-on-business-premises-dp-implications/. This area can carry considerable compliance risk, as shown by the €10.4m penalty imposed in Germany notebooksbilliger.de AG for video surveillance used to monitor employees, which we’ve written about here https://www.corderycompliance.com/german-cctv-fine/. The recent court ruling in Read more »

Client Alert: Greenwashing, Power, Modern Slavery & ESG

October 19, 2021

Introduction It is common these days for organisations to make claims about their ESG credentials including claims that they are “kind to the environment,” “doing their best for the planet,” or “carbon-neutral.” However, in this complex and changing world, how can they justify those claims? Many jurisdictions around the world have fair trading laws in Read more »

Client Alert: Irish DPC Fines Twitter €450k

October 19, 2021

We first published this note on 15 December 2020 and we have updated it to reflect Twitter’s reaction Introduction On 15 December 2020 the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it had concluded its investigation under GDPR into Twitter. The investigation started in January 2019 following a data breach notification from Twitter. The DPC Read more »

European Court of Human Rights LuxLeaks Ruling: Harm to Business Outweighs Interest of Disclosure made by Whistleblower

September 13, 2021

Introduction Whistleblowing/speaking up/raising concerns is becoming more and more topical in Europe, notably with the implementation date for the EU whistleblowing regime drawing closer. We’ve made a film and we’ve written about those changes here https://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-whistleblowing-faqs-2/. A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, Halet v. Luxembourg, concerning the right to freedom of Read more »

UK Court Reduces ICO GDPR Fine By Two-Thirds

September 10, 2021

Introduction In the recent court ruling in the case of Doorstep Dipsensaree Limited v The Information Commissioner, the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) reduced a fine for data protection breaches imposed by the UK regulator the ICO under EU GDPR by two-thirds on the basis that the number of individuals affected by the breach had Read more »