Articles
Outsourcing in the insurance sector: changes under the new Solvency II regulatory framework
European Union - March 5 2015 The Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC) sets out the framework for a revised regulatory regime for the insurance sector, reforming capital…
mHealth - Wearables, technical innovation and Data Protection
United Kingdom - April 22 2016 As the functionality and appearance of wearable devices improves, users are becoming ever keener to engage in the self-profiling offered, recording…
EU Commission releases draft Privacy Code of Conduct for mHealth apps
European Union - August 30 2016 The European Commission has drafted a code of conduct on privacy for mobile health (mHealth) apps (the “Code”). The Code has been submitted to the…
Data Protection Act - enforcement via undertakings
United Kingdom - June 24 2015 Where there has been a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") has a number of options open to it…
IP snapshot - May 2014
European Union, United Kingdom - May 30 2014 The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court that a patent for a buggy was obvious over a Chinese utility…
