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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—24 December 2020

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Published on: 24 December 2020

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Data protection
New Brexit transition guidance and guidelines for UK BCRs from the ICO
ICO publishes Code of Practice on responsible data sharing methods
Processing ‘criminal offence data’
EDPB announces outcome of 43rd Plenary
EDPB communications on the end of the Brexit transition period
Insight—UK out of time to win EU data-adequacy decision this year
Updated Keeling Schedules for the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR
Financial crime prevention
HMT publishes third NRA on money laundering and terrorist financing

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Article summary

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes new ICO guidance on keeping data flowing from the EU, Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) and the Data Sharing Code of Practice as well as other news from the world of data protection and financial crime prevention.

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