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Subject access requests – how quickly should I reply?

Subject access requests – how quickly should I reply?

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has amended its guidance on the time limit for responding to a subject access request (SAR).

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Trade marks and the use of “own name”

Don’t assume you can use a trade mark just because it is the same as your own name – the Cipriani cases have highlighted this is not necessarily the case as Cathrine Ripley explains.

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EU and Japan Adequacy Decision published

EU and Japan Adequacy Decision published

The Publications Office of the EU has published the European Commission’s adequacy decision in relation to Japan’s data protection regime.

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Thumbs up for the Bribery Act

Thumbs up for the Bribery Act

Recent scrutiny by the House of Lords concludes that the Bribery Act 2010 is broadly working well.

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Copyright licences

What does a copyright licence allow you to do?

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Data, Privacy Shield and Brexit

Data, Privacy Shield and Brexit

The government has laid down new legislation to ensure that personal data transferred from the UK to Privacy Shield organisations in the US will continue to be protected under the Privacy Shield Framework should the UK leave the EU without a Withdrawal Agreement.

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Directors’ personal liability for nuisance communications

Directors’ personal liability for nuisance communications

Cathrine Ripley considers the new powers of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to impose fines on company directors of up to £500,000 if their company breaches the rules on unsolicited marketing communications.

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No-deal Brexit: How to prepare in the consumer goods sector?

No-deal Brexit: How to prepare in the consumer goods sector?

Cathrine Ripley, head of our Commercial and Technology/IP department reviews the guidance issued by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on earlier this month about how the consumer goods sector may prepare in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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Changes to tenant fees from June

Changes to tenant fees from June

The Tenant Fees Act will come into force on 1 June 2019, with the effect of banning or restricting fees charged by landlord and letting agents to tenants.

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New standards for Social Media Influencers

New standards for Social Media Influencers

Cathrine Ripley, head of the Commercial and Technology/IP department reviews the CMA’s new guidance on celebrities and other social media influencers’ obligation of transparency when endorsing a product or service.

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Google fined millions by French data protection regulators

Google fined millions by French data protection regulators

Google has been fined 50 million euros (£44m) by the French data regulator Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Liberties (CNIL), for a breach of the EU’s data protection rules in relation to Google’s personalised advertising.

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Aren’t you contracted to fix that?

Aren’t you contracted to fix that?

Cathrine Ripley gives a summary of a recent High Court (Technology and Construction Court) judgement which emphasises the importance of clarifying the scope of remedial work in the construction industry.

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