Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking at the 21st Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday 17 October 2022. He will be talking about the winners and losers in compliance in the last 12 months and he will be joined again by Mary Shirley and Kris Robidoux. You can find out more Read more »
European Court Rules Class-Action Data Protection Claim Can Be Brought By Consumer Organizations Without Individual Mandate To Do So
Introduction Claims before domestic courts in both the UK and EU countries for compensation for alleged data protection violations continue to be brought. In a recent ruling the European Court decided in the case of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, formerly Facebook Ireland Limited -v- Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V (Case C-319/20) Read more »
UK Modern Slavery Update
Introduction A recent report urges boardrooms to do more to eradicate modern slavery and, although there are some positive findings, the report is quite critical of business’ compliance in this area. This article looks briefly at the report’s highlights. Background Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure and transparency requirements Read more »
UK Whistleblowing Update
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 »
Client Alert: Law Firm fined for GDPR Breaches
Introduction The UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) announced yesterday that it had fined a law firm, Tuckers Solicitors LLP, on 28 February for GDPR breaches. Tuckers was fined £98,000 after being hit by a ransomware attack. There are some technical GDPR terms used in this note which are explained at www.bit.ly/gdprwords. Read more »
Client Alert: Clearview AI Fined €20m in Italy over AI GDPR Failings
Introduction Yesterday the Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) fined Clearview AI €20m for GDPR violations. It is the latest in a series of regulatory actions in Europe and in Australia against Clearview AI and it also continues a trend of AI enforcement in Italy. What was this about? Clearview AI is a US based Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 95 – the Russia Invades Ukraine Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. This week’s podcast looks at compliance issues arising from the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Jonathan Armstrong looks at how the shooting war in the Ukraine has spilled over into a cyber war across the globe. Armstrong shouts out to Paddington Bear for giving comfort to refugees across Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 94 – the National Archives Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. This week’s podcast looks at a range of compliance issues. Jonathan Armstrong discusses the civil verdict for HP in its case against Autonomy and the Extradition Order delivered by the Home Secretary for Mike Lynch to go to America to stand for a US criminal trial. He Read more »
GDPR: Where are we now & what is coming next? – Data Protection Day Conversation with Daragh O Brien
In a first for Cordery we’re having a simulcast with Castlebridge, one of the foremost data strategy consultancies in the EU, looking at GDPR enforcement for Data Protection Day. Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks with Daragh O Brien, Castlebridge’s Managing Director, on GDPR enforcement to date and what the future might bring. Daragh has been a Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 93 – the Activision Blizzard Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. This week’s podcast looks at the possible takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft and the compliance considerations. Jonathan Armstrong looks at a number of compliance essentials when planning a takeover including: The need to do a proper compliance gap analysis. Conventional deal due diligence is often not Read more »
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