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Giving confidential data to the police
When the police need your organisation’s confidential data, does GDPR allow you to provide them? Here we consider the issues.
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Greater penalties for dangerous driving: managing the risks when driving for work
Last year, significant changes were made to the sentencing guidelines for driving offences in England & Wales, including the introduction of potential life sent…
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How to safeguard your organisation against a GDPR breach
Breaching GDPR obligations is not only reputationally damaging – it’s expensive. Here, we discuss what the current data protection climate looks like, and what busi…
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Dawn raids: What are they and who has the power to carry one out?
A dawn raid is an unannounced visit by a regulatory body to gather evidence of suspected non-compliance with legal obligations. In this insight, we look at these in…
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Poor working conditions costing £20.7bn, and other key takeaways from the HSE’s latest statistics
This week, the Health & Safety Executive published its statistics on work-related health and safety. In this insight we highlight some of the key points.
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Managing FCA investigations: A guide to processes and procedures
A Notice of Appointment of Investigators from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is a correspondence few regulated firms will be delighted to receive. Here, we di…
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Is it legal to drive in flip flops? and other risks for fleets to manage this summer
In this insight we discuss three key aspects of driving in summer that fleet managers should be incorporating into their risk assessments.
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When and how can an individual make a claim for data breaches?
The recent serious data protection breaches concerning the PSNI highlight a growing area of law. But what remedies exist for individual subjects when their data are…
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Health, safety, and saving lives: How the construction industry can reduce its fatality rate
The number of fatalities recorded by the construction industry during 2022/2023 was up more than 50% compared to the previous period. But why is this happening, and…
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Do fleets need to re-evaluate how they use smartphones?
Stricter laws concerning the use of smartphones while driving are now in effect, with the definition of ‘use’ expanding beyond interactive communication. We conside…