Cyber and Data Risk By Hans Allnutt This collection addresses the full spectrum of cyber security and data risk the Cybzeitger Riskt of Awaourd 2017age.
GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
Brexit and Breaches: A tale of two fines By Patrick Hill Much has been written about the impact of Brexit on data protection matters. However, little has been said about the consequence for the world of cyber and the risk that an entity may now be subject to multiple regulatory enforcement decisions,…
Cyber Warfare – Now a battle on two fronts? By Patrick Hill IT security is firmly in the spotlight as COVID-19 has increased pressure on IT systems to support homeworking and other forms of remote interaction. Whilst there are undoubtedly many benefits to homeworking, there is a clear and obvious risk to law…
Data Transfers: Rules for the transfer window and beyond By Rhiannon Webster The week commencing 9 November 2020 has been a very busy one for data protection practitioners, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the closing weeks of May 2018. You will no doubt be aware that the Schrems II judgment concluded that…
What can we take from the Data Protection Commission’s first fine? By Rowena McCormack The child and family agency, Tusla, has become the first organisation in Ireland to be fined by the Data Protection Commission (the “ DPC ”) for breaches of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“ GDPR ”). The breaches related to three separate…
Insurance Policies in LatAm in times of COVID-19 By Andrés Amunátegui Echeverría As promised in our previous Alert and for the purpose of clarifying any concerns or doubts that may well arise in the insurance market due to the pandemic affecting the world, we have identified the effect that coronavirus may well have on different…
Coronavirus and Cyber Risks The staggering advance of the coronavirus is not only having serious implications on health systems around the world, but cybercriminals are taking advantage of the pandemic to attempt to attack the IT systems of different organisations. Experts…
Remote Working: Briefing Note - March 2020 Together, we are all facing many challenges as we adapt to new ways of doing business. Handling information, both ours and our clients, is what we do on a daily basis. DAC Beachcroft Dublin has been fully agile for some time and we have clear…
Cyber-attack - Mexico Ministry of Economy Cyber breach reported by the Mexican Ministry of Economy and extortion demands by fraudsters- Intrusión cibernética reportada por la Secretaría de Economía y extorsión de defraudadores.
Are SMEs leaving the door ajar allowing cyber-criminals to sneak in? By Graham Ludlam It has been well publicised that cyber-attacks have increased dramatically in recent years and that small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) in particular are vulnerable to such attacks.
Are "claims made" policies legal in Peru? The insurance industry in Peru experienced exponential growth between 2006 to 2016, expanding to be the sixth largest insurance market in Latin America by the end of 2016. The market did contract in 2017 and 2018, caused largely by the global…