As a consumer, I am a big fan of the concept of dashboards. A brilliant idea. As a lawyer advising pension plan trustees, I am looking forward to helping my clients to make them a reality. Until now, dashboards have felt a long way off in the future and there has been no shortage of … Continue Reading
Today, 28 January, is international “data protection day” (as explained on Wikipedia). Its purpose is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practice; there is no suggestion that organisations (including pension schemes) can ignore data protection the other 364 days of the year! Here in the UK, many clients will remember the rush to get … Continue Reading
UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has indicated that the Article 50 exit negotiation will be triggered by the end of March 2017. Absent the unanimous agreement of all other 27 EU member states, the UK will automatically cease to be in the EU and subject to its rules and regulations two years after the notice … Continue Reading
On 24 May 2016 a new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted by the European Union – this is a radical reform which will have a material impact on the operation of pension plans. The GDPR will be directly applicable in all EEA countries (so no implementing legislation is required from the UK Government) … Continue Reading
Football may not be coming home, but data protection certainly is! There are many issues stemming from the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which will impact on pension plans. We would like to share a few thoughts on just one of these. For the first time, data processors will be directly liable for breaches of … Continue Reading
