Carmaker BMW’s delay in recalling U.K. cars with an electrical fault contributed to a driver’s death, a U.K. inquest has found.
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Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal issues for a wide range of publications in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Yahoo fined over historic data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Yahoo £250,000 (U.S. $331,203) for a cyber-attack that placed 500 million users’ personal information at risk.
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EU accepts proposals to boost powers of states’ competition regulators
The European Union has given member states the necessary resources and the independence to investigate and penalize companies that break EU competition laws, but a lack of consistency among the states could lead to confusion.
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Taking a pull-the-plug approach to GDPR compliance
Given the two-year lead time, few would have guessed that the best way some organisations would comply with the European Union’s stringent new data rules would be to simply cut access to services.
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EU pushes for worldwide ban on testing cosmetics on animals
The European Parliament is seeking to make the EU’s ban on cosmetic testing on animals a worldwide prohibition.
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Court throws out Barclays’ Qatar fraud charges
Barclays Bank received some good news this week when a U.K. court threw out criminal charges relating to its decade-old fundraising deals in Qatar.
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Modern slavery still a force in U.K.
A new study finds that forced labour and employee abuse still permeate many industries in the United Kingdom.
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Report finds plenty of blame to go around in Carillion debacle
A report into what went wrong at collapsed construction giant Carillion reads like a masterclass in failed governance, assurance, and regulatory oversight.
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What to do to make sure you’re ready for GDPR
Data protection experts are emphatic about what a company’s first reaction should be if it believes it is not fully GDPR compliant as 25 May approaches: Don’t panic.
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Barclays’ CEO fined, but retained, as bank faces more scrutiny
Barclays CEO Jes Staley has been hit with hefty fines and penalties from U.K. regulators, but the bank is standing behind its man—will it pay the price for that decision?