US Privacy Shield does not protect privacy – ECJ 5 August 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance The EU/US Privacy Shield agreement has been struck down by the ECJ. Read More
Outsourcing to cloud and other IT service providers 22 July 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Existing FCA guidance continues to apply rather than new EU guidelines. Read More
PS20/06 – part four: Just one more thing? 22 July 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance This policy statement covers far more than the ban on contingent charging for transfer advice. Read More
PS20/06 – part two 8 July 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance The second part of our series covering the implications of PS20/06. This time ... Abridged Advice. Read More
Data protection for joint parties 24 June 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Take care not to be caught out if the client provides details of another person. Read More
Recording calls and meetings 10 June 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance We wrote in our last Newsletter about call recording and the FCA’s view on any issues that might arise during […] Read More
Recording calls and meetings 10 June 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance How is client audio considered for the purposes of data protection? Read More
Call recording issues 3 June 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance The FCA has issued a statement in respect of firms' call recording obligations during the COVID-19 emergency. Read More
Clients – according to PROD 27 May 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Firms should consider the PROD target market attributes when segmenting clients and creating an investment proposition. Read More
GDPR – two years on 12 May 2020 Alistair MacDougallCompliance The General Data Protection Regulation – or GDPR as it is more familiarly referred to, took effect in May 2018. […] Read More