Written by Luke Dixon

The European Parliament has voted emphatically in support of a report produced by its Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) on the mass surveillance undertaken by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and EU Member States.Big Data In doing so, the Parliament has called for the immediate suspension of the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor scheme, pending a review of how the scheme is conducted.

The scheme allows businesses to self-certify compliance with EU data protection law, thereby legitimizing exports of personal data from the EU to locations in the U.S., where such exports would otherwise be illegal under EU data privacy legislation. The Federal Trade Commission administers and enforces the scheme.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP assisted Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited (Atlas Mara) in connection with its first acquisition following its incorporation and listing
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig Teams Assist Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited in its first Acquisition of Sub-Saharan African banking group BancABC for up to $265M

Written By Luke Dixon, CIPP/E

The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) and Ofcom have published an update on their Joint Action Plan for tackling nuisance calls and messages.

They have identified a number of priority areas for 2014, including: (i) ongoing, targeted enforcement action; (ii) improving the tracing and technical assessment of nuisance calls; (iii) working better with Government to ensure effective coordinated action; and (iv) improving consumer information on how to reduce and report complaints about nuisance calls and messages.

A wide range of sectors generate nuisance calls. Calls regarding Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) claims caused the largest number of complaints (22%), followed by debt management and energy/green energy issues. The updated Joint Action Plan indicates that complaints to the ICO and Ofcom reached a peak in 2013. The number of complaints received in 2014 so far has dropped slightly, but is still quite high.
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Written by Chantal Phillips

GTM is a lead sponsor of Cathedral Group’s ‘A Dolls’ House’ project whereby 20 of the world’s leading architects and designers will present their vision of a dolls’ house at a live auction to be held at Bonham’s on 11 November, with all proceeds of the auction going to KIDS charity.

Background to the project

PrintInspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed for The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1922, Cathedral Group has asked 20 contemporary architects and designers, including Zaha Hadid, Rogers and Stirk, to design and build a dolls’ house for the 21st Century. Each dolls’ house is designed to include at least one feature that makes life easier for a child with a disability. You can read more about this fantastic project here.

An online auction of the dolls’ house has already commenced. The top six dolls’ houses will go to live auction.

KIDS is a UK charity supporting disabled children, young people and their families. They run home learning programmes, KIDS-logo-JPEG-RGB-4-websitespecialist nurseries and crèches, short-break programmes for disabled children and a series of inclusive adventure playgrounds. They offer a wide variety of services to parents of children with disabilities and programmes for siblings of disabled children and young carers. You can learn more about them here.


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