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In-house Advisor weekly highlights—19 August 2021

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Published on: 19 August 2021

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Table of contents

In-house resources, events and networking
Crafty Counsel videos available in Lexis®PSL
Networking and forum events
Risk & Compliance
Risk & Compliance forecast
ICO seeks views on draft IDTA and guidance which replaces SCCs
SCC launches consultation on surveillance camera code of practice
Sentencing Council publishes guidelines on sentencing modern slavery offenders
Dancing to the EU’s tune—why its Whistleblowing Directive may still affect you
Ransomware not deterring cyber insurers

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Article summary

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.

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