We first published this alert on 28 May 2020 and we’re updating it from time to time with more questions. Introduction As lockdown restrictions are starting to ease, many companies are gearing up to welcome their staff back to work. Obviously protecting employee health and safety is paramount, but what measures can organisations reasonably take Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 60
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 Jonathan celebrates the anniversary of GDPR by looking back over the past year at some of the key decisions and enforcement actions.You can read more about the cases that Jonathan Read more »
European Data Protection Board GDPR & Consent Guidelines – Cookie Walls & Scrolling/Swiping
Introduction The European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) recently issued guidelines that revise the previous EU WP29 guidelines about consent under GDPR entitled ‘Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679’ (‘the guidelines’). This article looks at the key revision clarifications, which concern ‘freely given consent’ and ‘cookie walls’, and ‘scrolling/swiping’. What’s this all about? Under GDPR Read more »
Client Alert: GDPR – The First 2 Years – Part 2
Today, Monday 25 May, is the second anniversary of the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and indeed the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). In this film Cordery’s André Bywater looks at 3 of his favourite cases from the first 2 years of GDPR enforcement. He looks at key features Read more »
Client Alert: GDPR – The First 2 Years – Part 1
Monday 25 May is the second anniversary of the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and indeed the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong looks at 3 of his favourite cases from the first 2 years of GDPR enforcement. He looks at key features of Read more »
UK High Court Ruling about School Letter Privacy Infringements
Introduction In the fairly recent case of ST (a minor) & RT v the L Primary School, the UK High Court ruled that a letter sent by a school to parents aimed at reassuring them about the behaviour of one of its pupils infringed various privacy rules, including data protection legislation. This article sets out Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 59 – The Potpourri Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joined leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast hosted by leading compliance expert Tom Fox. In this episode Jonathan considers some of the international corruption risks around Covid-19 and the economies coming out of the health crisis. He also talks about the compliance risks in returning to Read more »
Client Alert: Driving Compliance: Car Tech and Data Protection FAQs
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 about numerous aspects of a driver’s driving habits and life more generally. Information is also collected about passengers and other road users. In data protection terms this data, Read more »
Belgian Regulator Imposes Euro 50,000 Fine for Non-Compliance with Data Protection Officer GDPR Requirements
Introduction Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), where certain conditions are met it is mandatory for an organisation to designate a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”). GDPR also sets out a number of conditions for the DPO’s appointment concerning their role and tasks. These include the requirement that whilst a DPO can fulfil other 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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