Mar 31, 2022 Risky Business - PRA sets out expectations on firms engaging in cryptoasset activities By Slaughter and May Last week the PRA published a letter directed to the CEOs of banks and PRA-designated investment firms regarding their exposures to...
Mar 31, 2022 Cryptoassets and financial stability: BoE outlines key risks and approach By David Kasal In a new report published last week, the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England began formalising its position on the...
Mar 30, 2022 Who will guard the 'gatekeepers': EU one step closer to regulating Big Tech By Slaughter and May The European Union's institutions came together at the midnight bell, on 25 March 2022 and reached provisional political agreement on the...
Mar 30, 2022 US-EU negotiators reach agreement on Privacy Shield reboot By Cindy Knott On 25 March, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that, after a year of negotiations,...
Mar 24, 2022 Ransomware attacks: Are you ready? New ICO guidance can help By Ross O'Mahony The ICO’s new ransomware guidance could not have come at a more pertinent time. This week Joe Biden, told US business leaders it was...
Mar 23, 2022 Buckling up the UK’s digital seat belts: Online Safety Bill covering ‘basic protections for the digital age’ introduced to Parliament By Richard McDonnell The UK took a major step on Thursday towards establishing the world’s first online safety laws with the introduction of the Online Safety...
Mar 15, 2022 First ICO ransomware fine: what lessons can we learn? By Natalie Donovan Last week the ICO fined leading criminal solicitors Tuckers LLP £98,000 for breaches of its security, and other, obligations under the...
Mar 02, 2022 Cyber risk in uncertain times: NCSC urges UK organisations to bolster online defences and follow its ‘heightened threat’ guidance By Richard McDonnell On Monday, the world’s largest carmaker Toyota was forced to close all of its factories in Japan for a day due to a suspected targeted...