This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the publication of final guidance on keeping employment records by the ICO as well as its response to the generative AI consultation series, the publication of the Code of Practice for the cybersecurity of AI by the UK government, the latest sanctions news, and the adoption of a 2025 Work Programme by the European Commission.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: analysis of Meta’s new privacy policy and complaints received in respect of it, the latest sanctions and AML news, a letter of response from the NCA to SoC on political finance enforcement, and analysis of both the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and the EU AI Act.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: an update on the UK Data (Use and Access) Bill, updated EC model clauses for AI procurement, a News Analysis on EU AML enforcement, a Spotlight on Corruption report on ongoing deficiencies in legal sector AML compliance, details of a pilot for a new Cyber Governance Code of Practice, and an LSB consultation on strengthening lawyers’ ethical standards regulation.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the EDPB opinion on EU–Brazil adequacy; the shift to a single UK Sanctions List, updated Iran and DPRK sanctions guidance; AML and CTF updates from the UKFIU SARs booklet; SFO charges linked to Glencore; and further updates on record UK modern slavery referrals, and the OLC consultation on LeO.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: OFSI’s proposed reforms to streamline financial sanctions enforcement, an extension of the general licence for Mongolian energy payments, and Home Office updates to money laundering reporting thresholds. Other developments include the UK’s first trial for failure to prevent tax evasion, government guidance on improving workplace gender equality, and a parliamentary report on tackling forced labour in supply chains.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: analysis of key sanctions developments, an update to FATF guidance on beneficial ownership and transparency of legal arrangements, a new HMT consultation on the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations, a speech by the Master of the Rolls on AI and new draft guidance and resources for in-house solicitors from the SRA.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes changes to UK sanctions regulations, including amendments to relevant firms’ reporting obligations and analysis of the SFO’s 2026–27 Business Plan. We also cover new Home Office factsheets on the Crime and Policing Act 2026, including the expansion of corporate criminal liability to all offences and the absence of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill from King’s Speech.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the releasing of a report highlighting the data protection concerns arising from the use of genomics by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the latest financial sanctions, the publication of the November 2024 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) reporter booklet by the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) and EU due-diligence reporting duties to be simplified with an ‘omnibus’ regulation.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest sanctions and financial crime news and an analysis of the recent Crowdstrike failure with practical takeaways for businesses.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the ICO approval of the Legal Services Operational Privacy Certification Scheme for legal service providers who process personal data, the latest sanctions updates, the Home Office response to the Law Commission review of SARs regime and a news analysis of a report by Spotlight on Corruption suggesting the SFO and FCA are failing to punish top execs for corporate crime.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest Risk & Compliance monthly forecasts, the IASC’s proposal for UK forced labour and human rights legislation and a recent Admiralty Court judgment.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the ICO’s consultation on draft updated guidance on encryption, publication of the Software Security Code of Practice, legislation to strengthen whistleblowing implementation and enforcement and the latest sanctions news.