Modern slavery, bribery and corruption
VinciWorks attended a recent event hosted by Thomson Reuters titled Modern Slavery, Bribery and Corruption. The international panel included Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund, Dan Viederman, CEO of Verité, Duncan Jepson, CEO of Liberty Asia, Martina Vandenberg, Founder and President of the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center and Mike Harris from World-Check. […]
Learning on demand: is it time your business followed TV’s lead?
Technology is integral to the way we live and work, but it’s never felt more important for businesses to keep up with technological advances than it feels today. From enabling staff to work flexibly wherever it’s convenient for them, to cutting down on physical meetings with the help of video conferencing, to using services like […]
Responsive Competition Law eLearning course available now
Competition law exists to prevent monopolies, remove trade barriers, and ensure the marketplace is fair and competitive. Activities prevented by competition law include: Restrictive agreements between businesses such as pricing agreements, market sharing and dividing up customers Agreements which do not benefit consumers Abuse of dominant market position Breaching this legislation can lead to fines […]
Safe Harbour successor agreed – but will it actually change anything?
Hot on the heels of the General Data Protection Regulation’s approval last week, an agreement has been reached between the EU and the US for transatlantic data flow. The EU-US Privacy Shield will replace Safe Harbour, the law which allowed the transfer of data from the EU to the US until it was ruled invalid […]
Hochtief AG admits to insider trading contravention
ASIC has started legal action in the Federal Court of Australia against German construction group holding company Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft (Hochtief AG), seeking a declaration of contravention and a financial penalty order against the company for insider trading. ASIC’s action centres on the early 2014 on-market acquisition of ordinary shares of Leighton Holdings Limited (now called […]
ICO releases data privacy assessment tool for SMEs
With the number of high profile examples of big businesses being targeted by cyber criminals, it’d be easy for small and medium-sized enterprises to overlook their own vulnerabilities. Many SMEs possess customer databases to rival those of larger businesses, but tend to lack the security infrastructure to match – making them highly valuable targets for […]
Higher health and safety fines: how to avoid a penalty
From 1st February 2016, courts will have new powers to impose higher fines on organisations that breach health and safety legislation. The change is in response to a perception that penalties were previously too low. The new guidelines apply to all health and safety and corporate manslaughter cases. The level of fines for health and […]
7 tips for turning your data protection policy into a competitive advantage
So you’ve implemented a new data protection policy, trained your employees, and you’re confident your business is now in compliance with data protection regulations. You might think your work is done, but if you stop there, you’re missing out on a golden opportunity to turn your data protection policy into a competitive advantage. Privacy has […]
4 added values of a data privacy culture that go beyond compliance
Compliance with data protection regulation is often seen as a bane of the IT department’s life, so it’s no surprise that efforts are sometimes focused solely on meeting the minimum legal requirement as quickly and easily as possible. Regulations can feel like barriers that get in the way of doing business, but there are benefits […]