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January 23, 2020
Transparency International CPI 2019 released
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January 10, 2020
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019: Legal Sector Affinity Group summary of changes
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January 10, 2020
Data protection: £500,000 fine on DSG Retail Ltd
This was the maximum fine for breaches pre-GDPR. Issues identified in the ICO monetary penalty notice include failures in relation to patching, permissions, and logging and monitoring incident response.
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December 23, 2019
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 implementing the Fifth Money Laundering Directive came into force on 10 January 2020
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December 20, 2019
Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems. Opinion of the Advocate General
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December 20, 2019
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, Commission Decision 2010/87/EU on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries is valid
Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems – Court of Justice of the European Union, press release relating to the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries.
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December 19, 2019
Law Society advice note: 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
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December 19, 2019
SRA | News release: SRA decides no changes to law firm professional indemnity insurance | Solicitors Regulation Authority
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December 19, 2019
SRA Guidance on Unsolicited approaches (advertising) to members of the public
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December 18, 2019
Law Society advice note – Suspicious Activity Reports – (updated)
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