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Compliance Blog
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Compliance Review 2017 – from GDPR to 4th EU Money Laundering Directive
Compliance Review 2017 The end of the year is approaching – we also take the opportunity to review the year and summarise what we found particularly noteworthy in 2017: EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In March 2016, the official German version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published; it will apply… more »
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ISO 37001 – Standard for the prevention of bribery
ISO 37001 – Bribery prevention in organisations After several years of development, with contributions from over 50 countries, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has published ISO 37001: Anti-Bribery Management Systems Standard – a new international standard designed to help organisations worldwide implement and maintain effective bribery prevention measures. ISO 37001 includes the first global… more »
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GDPR – website operators, supervisory authorities – Part 6
A guest article on the GDPR by:Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Business and Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions: Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing. Obligation… more »
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Product Governance – MiFID II
Concretisation of product governance for financial products Bafin reports that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has made available a new draft that is intended to regulate the development and distribution management of financial products (product governance) more concretely. At the centre of the draft are the requirements for the determination of the target… more »
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GDPR – Contract Processing – Part 5
A guest article on the GDPR by:Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Business and Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing. Obligation… more »
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GDPR – Organisational and technical data protection – Part 4
A guest article on the GDPR by:Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Business and Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing. Obligation… more »
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GDPR – Data transfer abroad – Part 3
A guest article on the GDPR by: Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Business and Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing.… more »
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EU Passports for rich Russians – Malta’s Cash-for-Passport Programme
Passports for a lot of money – Cash-for-Passport programme According to the news service Politico, Malta’s cash-for-passport programme, which has been in place since 2014 and allows wealthy people to become Maltese citizens for a large sum of money, has been sharply criticised. In doing so, they also become EU citizens. Kurt Farrugia, spokesman for… more »
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GDPR – Rights and obligations – What’s in store for you – Part 2
A guest article on the GDPR by: Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Business and Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing.… more »
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GDPR – Objectives and principles – What’s in store for you – Part 1
A guest article on the GDPR by: Dr Oliver Hornung, Attorney at Law for IT & Digital Businessand Partner of SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte The following topics are covered in this series of contributions Objectives and principles. Rights of data subjects. Obligations for companies. International data transfers abroad. Technical and organisational data protection. Commissioned processing. Obligation… more »