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Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—17 October 2024

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Published on: 17 October 2024

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Table of contents

Risk & Compliance forecast
New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 15 October 2024
Data protection
CTJ publishes Master of the Rolls speech on AI and GDPR
ICO fines companies total of £120,000 for unlawful marketing calls
ICO publishes answer on strictly necessary condition for cookies' use under PECR
Problem of vendor lock-in when customers are contracting with AI providers
Financial sanctions
FCDO announces new UK sanctions for supporting violence against West Bank communities
OFSI issues Government Debt Payments General Licence INT/2024/5294388

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Article summary

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the new Risk and Compliance forecast, the latest sanctions news, including the launch of the new Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), the publication of the Employment Rights Bill, a speech by the Master of the Roll on AI and GDPR and analysis of the UK’s new failure to prevent fraud offence.

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