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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
4 April 2012
The E-Regulator: New guidance on the “regulatory activity” exemption in the Data Protection Act
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently issued new guidance on the application of the exemption relating to regulatory activity under section 31 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) which relates to an individual’s right to make a subject access request and an organisation’s obligation to provide a privacy notice when collecting personal data.
31 March 2012
The E-Regulator: Press Round Up March 2012
Please click on the link for a recent round-up of press releases from major regulatory bodies.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: Encouraging or assisting suicide
Julie Matheson analyses the potential drawbacks of ‘principles-based
regulation’ in controversial areas of the law, in light of the recent
draft guidance published by the GMC for its Investigation Committee
and Case Examiners when considering allegations about a doctor’s
involvement in encouraging or assisting suicide.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: When personal data is lost, stolen or falls into the wrong hands
Emily Carter considers the current statutory obligations to inform the Information Commissioner’s Office and individuals affected – and the likely development of these obligations in light of the recent judicial review of the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to notify victims of phone
hacking, as well as the announcement of the proposed new European Directive on data protection.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: Insider trading - Knowing where to draw the line
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is alive and kicking. Since bringing its first criminal prosecution for insider trading in 2008, it has secured 11 convictions with 15 defendants awaiting trials in the wings. This new muscularity has not been brought about by new law, but in the FSA’s change in attitude since the censure of its role in the 2008 crisis. Civil regulation is also experiencing a transition: while fines spiral ever upwards, clarity on how to avoid them is enjoying less of a boom.