The Independent Human Rights Act Review by the UK Government (link). Irish DPC’s Children Front and Centre Fundamentals for a Child-oriented Approach to Data Processing, December 2021 (link). Austrian DPA says that The Use of Google Analytics violates the “Schrems
More about Episode 5Wedlake Bell act for the Liquidators in this ongoing liquidation commenced by HMRC after over £36 million of VAT PAYE and National Insurance were diverted away from the company by its de facto director, a Mr Usman Raja to himself,
More about Umbrella Care Ltd v Nisa & Ors [2022] EWHC 86 (ch) – Summary Judgement In Insolvency Fraud CasesICO fines Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing addresses of 2020 the New Year Honours recipients (link). Draft EU directive on improving working conditions in platform work (link). UK Government’s Roadmap to an effective AI assurance ecosystem (link). EDPB on the
More about Episode 4Freezing orders (indeed injunctions of all kinds) are an important tool in litigation, so a judgment of the Privy Council on the subject is worthy of attention, especially when it involves consideration of the subject by a Board of seven
More about Broad Idea International Ltd v Convoy Collateral Ltd (british Virgin Island) [2021] Ukpc 24 – No Substantive Proceedings Required For Freezing OrderLegend has it that the two ends of the Channel Tunnel were 50mm apart when the French and English engineers met in the middle. For some, that reinforces the notion that the two countries have never quite seen eye to
More about Quelle surprise! Potential UK taxes for French property ownersYorkshire County Cricket Club (YCC) has recently been in the press after it passed off racial slurs made against one of its players as “in the spirit of friendly banter”. Azeem Rafiq complained that he had been subjected to racial
More about Banter – Just jokes or discrimination?Belgian authority expected to conclude that the Transparency & Consent Framework or TCF is not compliant with the GDPR and IAB Europe is liable as joint controller (link), the Irish Council for Civil Liberties reports (link). Lloyd v Google LLC
More about Episode 3As we transition out of the pandemic, employers should expect to see a greater number of flexible working requests from employees. EY’s Work Reimagined Employee Survey published earlier this year found that nine in ten employees want flexibility in when
More about Navigating a flexible futureInternational data transfers: The ICO’s call for an international solution to data transfers (link), G7 cooperation on data free flow (link), and US Congress paper on transatlantic data flows (link). Big Tech announced the Trusted Cloud Principles (link). EDPB opines
More about Data privacy podcast – Episode 2Second largest fine of €225M imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) on WhatsApp (link) as revised by the European Data Protection Board (link). UK Government announces a data reform to boost innovation and trade, to improve healthcare and
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