The practice of employers forcing current employees (applying for new positions internally) or prospective employees to obtain and disclose the results of a data access request from the police will be a criminal offence in the UK from 1 December 2014. It has been increasingly common for employers to ask employees to make a data Read more »
Time Marches On
These are some of the older articles on the Cordery website and so we’ve now removed them.
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Cordery strengthens its data protection and regulatory team
Cordery has strengthened its Data Protection and Regulatory team with the appointment of Patrick O’Kane, an experienced Barrister. Practicing for the last 14 years in Belfast, O’Kane has been involved in some significant data protection and regulatory decisions during his time at the Bar. “Patrick has an excellent reputation for the work he does and Read more »
Blog: Russian sanctions update
Sanctions against Russia have been in the headlines for many months now and are continuously evolving so we thought we’d give you a bullet-point overview of the situation as regards the EU sanctions regime against Russia. The situation between Russia and the West doesn’t seem to be getting much better and the EU’s sanctions are Read more »
Episode 129: It’s a small, interconnected world after all
This week’s podcast discusses how the world is contracting in technology terms and some of the issues that brings. In particular, Jonathan and Eric discuss how retailers need to cope with customers entering their online and offline stores from all around the world and brand owners may need to change their compliance strategy to adapt to a Read more »
Blog: Data protection criminal prosecutions
Data protection enforcement in the UK is probably best known through the work of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) using its powers to impose fines. In addition, and perhaps less well-known, is the fact that the criminal courts also play a role in the enforcement of some offences under the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 Read more »
Doing business in new markets
Introduction Businesses are becoming increasingly global, helped in part by the expansion of the Internet. However, while business itself may transcend jurisdictional borders, every country will maintain its own regulatory approach and will have its own customs and practices. We have worked extensively with organisations in looking at their compliance and other risks when entering Read more »
European Court Google Ruling
The European Court of Justice ruled this Tuesday 13 May in the Google case on the obligations of search engine operators under the EU Data Protection Directive. In 2010 a complaint was lodged with the Spanish Data Protection Agency against a Spanish newspaper publisher and the companies Google Spain and Google Inc. by an individual Read more »
EU Data Protection Reforms Update
What is this all about? The EU is reforming its existing data protection rules and this article provides a brief update on the main issues and where things currently stand in order to draw attention to their eventual compliance impact, especially because the reforms are more than just an upgrade. What is EU data protection? Read more »