5 April 2016
Emerging from the shadows: the new regime of corporate transparency in the UK
The Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has dominated headlines over the last two days. It is alleged that the firm enabled its high net worth clients to launder money, avoid sanctions and evade tax. Although the firm insists that it has operated within international law, the allegations appear to be based on it creating complex corporate structures in order to conceal the identity of its clients, many of whom are household names.
23 October 2015
Safe Harbor tsunami: a data transfer blockade
Do you worry about the extent to which corporations protect your personal data? An Austrian law student (Max Schrems) acted on such concerns and, as result, toppled a 15 year old international legal agreement between the EU and the US which facilitated the flow of huge quantities of data across the Atlantic. On 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (in Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner) invalidated the EU-US Safe Harbor agreement with immediate effect, sending shockwaves through the digital world.
2 October 2015
Angel Academe: a newbie’s perspective
There’s a good reason why Farringdon and the surrounding areas are known as Tech City. Some of the UK’s most promising tech startups are based around Clerkenwell and Old Street, making it a community for entrepreneurial talent and access to angel investment.
20 April 2015
Data security breaches – the consequences of concealment
If an organisation loses your personal data, would you expect them to tell you about it? The media’s appetite for reporting stories of laptops lost on trains and cyber criminals’ ever more sophisticated hacking techniques is a reflection of the increasing importance of data security to consumers and corporates alike.
3 February 2015
New Year, New Fitness App – but do you know what is being done with your data?
Whether you were watching Jools Holland, the fireworks or out on the town on New Year’s Eve, I imagine that when the clock struck midnight you joined millions of others in celebrating and later proclaiming your resolutions for a healthier 2015. You may have even decided to do ‘Dry January’ or, as I like to call it, Dryer January.
