The new rules revoked the free movement arrangements that EEA nationals and their family members enjoyed up till 31 December 2020. Now EU nationals wanting to come and live and work in the UK must hav...
UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry for Large Organisations
The UK government has launched a Modern Slavery Statement Registry in order for organisations to publish the positive steps taken to address the risk of modern slavery in their supply chains. Includin...
Data Privacy: When don’t you need an individual’s consent for direct marketing?
Direct marketing is the communication, by whatever means, of advertising or marketing material which is directed at particular individuals. In practice, all electronic messages, such as e-mails, phone...
London Business Hub – Brexit Ready Podcast
“On this episode of Brexit Ready, Nick Wallis tackles a matter that is still up in the air and will affect a wide range of businesses – Data Flow. Carl Fryer from the crowd-testing business...
Personal data implications of working from home during COVID (and beyond…)
Since the first national lockdown in the UK in March 2020, millions of people around the country have been working from home. Currently the government asks that we work from home unless it is impossib...
EU – UK Personal Data to keep on flowing freely post Brexit
On Friday 19 February 2021, the European Commission published a draft adequacy decision in favour of the UK. If adopted, this will allow the continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK....
Nanny Visa for the UK
Up until recently it has not been possible to obtain a nanny visa for more than 6 months. And Brexit prevents EU nationals who arrive in the UK from 1 January 2021 from taking on this role in a family...
British National Overseas: BN(O) passport holders all aboard
by Sonum Behar Previously, such passport holders were only permitted to visit the United Kingdom for a period of 6 months. However, under the new system which came into force on 31st January 2021 BN...
Key Data Privacy Changes Post Brexit
Applicable Laws in the UK Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) has now been incorporated into UK data protection law as the “UK G...
Introduction to Brexit and UK-EU Trade Deal
Christian Moerch Yiannis Efthyvoulou On 31 December 2020 at 23.00 GMT, the transition period ended and it means the completion of UK’s departure from EU and termination of its membership of the Sing...