This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest Risk & Compliance forecast, details of an ICO fine for illegal marketing calls, an analysis of the EU Data Act, the European Commission’s conclusions of its adequacy decisions review, and new guidance from the NCSC for SMEs on using online services safely.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest updates to the financial sanctions regime, news analyses on the new government’s approach to tackling financial crime and corruption, and the key information law updates from the King’s Speech 2024.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the EDPB's consultation on a standardised EU GDPR personal data breach notification template, a new Russia sanctions general licence for UK interdiction activities and CPS convictions for arms brokering offences under the Export Control Order 2008. We also analyse the forthcoming expansion of corporate criminal liability under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and cover the DBT’s latest progress report on the implementation of ECCTA 2023 and the SRA’s updated guidance on effective supervision following the Mazur ruling.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes our new compliance forecast, OFSI’s annual frozen assets reporting notice for 2025, renewed pressure on the UK government to introduce cyber regulation reform, clarification from the ICO on myths surrounding storage and access technologies and the House of Commons’ rejection of House of Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the new Risk & Compliance forecast, imposition of a €251m fine on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), analysis of recent changes to the sanctions regime and the release of research on risk perceptions and management in the legal profession by the SRA.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes our latest Risk & Compliance monthly forecast, alongside newly published guidance on the UK Sanctions List search tool and on reporting sanctions evasion by regulated firms and new FCDO guidance on using the UK Sanctions List search tool, as well as OFSI’s call for evidence on the ownership and control test. We also cover key data protection developments from the EDPB, EDPS and ICO, together with EU initiatives on AI transparency and implementation of the AI Act.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest Risk & Compliance forecast, notable financial sanctions updates, legislative progress with the Data (Use and Access) Bill, and key developments in FATF standards and SFO funding.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes our latest Risk & Compliance monthly forecast, alongside developments including the Home Office’s Fraud Strategy, economic crime information-sharing gateways and planned ICO guidance on special category data. We report on sanctions updates from DBT and OFSI, including revised guidance on Russian sanctions evasion and a new approach to assessing reasonableness in licensing applications. In addition, we also cover major fraud developments, including the High Court’s ruling in an FCA warrant challenge and INTERPOL’s latest global fraud threat assessment, alongside fresh guidance and consultation materials on agentic AI and the EU AI Act.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the ICO’s response to Meta’s announcement on utilising user data for AI training, the latest sanctions news and a new edition of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit’s SARs in Action publication focussed on professional enablers.

This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes the ICO’s consultation on updated guidance for automated decision-making and profiling following the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and a series of significant OFSI sanctions updates, including the extension and amendment of general licences and a £390,000 penalty imposed on Apple Distribution International Limited. We also cover draft 2026 changes to the Money Laundering Regulations, and the Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur, confirming that unauthorised persons may lawfully carry out litigation tasks under appropriate supervision by authorised individuals.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes Microsoft's intervention in a key EU-US data transfer framework appeal before the EU's highest court, HMRC’s first public naming following a Russia sanctions settlement, a new FATF report warning of terrorist financing risks across social media and streaming platforms and EHRC guidance reminding employers of the need to prevent workplace harassment.

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: details of the submission of the EU Parliament’s written evidence to the House of Lords’ UK-EU data adequacy inquiry, the latest sanctions news, the NCA and UKFIU SARs Reporter Booklet for April 2024 and an analysis concerning the misuse of NDAs.