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Child & Child set up secret company in British Virgin Islands and claimed Leyla and Arzu Aliyev had no political connections   A firm of London solicitors that set up an offshore company for the daughters of Azerbaijan’s president has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal after being accused of multiple failings. They include not […]

The restaurant believes malware was used to collect payment card data including names and credit or debit numbers. Chili’s Grill & Bar, a restaurant brand owned by Dallas-based Brinker International, said some of its restaurants were hit with a cyberattack which may have resulted in compromise of users’ payment card data. It believes the incident […]

Introduction a) Data protection and privacy laws will be reformed across Europe when Regulation (EU) 2016/679, commonly known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), comes into force on 25 May 2018. The GDPR builds on existing legislation and seeks to harmonise and enhance data protection and privacy laws across the EU. It also introduces […]

During mid-2017, a thematic review was undertaken on the financial crime governance, risk and compliance frameworks of a selection of smaller firms in the trust and corporate service provider sector (“TCSP”). The Commission undertook a similar review of fund administrators in 2016 and wished to assess the differences and similarities in approach to governance, risk […]

Further to an earlier Comsure posting that highlight the basic checks on a Privacy statement the following checklist offers a more detailed consideration of matters that is designed to help you gather the information you will need to put a GDPR-compliant privacy policy on your website or in-app. Company information 1.What is the URL address […]

Hong Kong’s financial system is groaning under a deluge of tens of thousands of suspicious financial transaction reports, the number of which has more than quadrupled over the past six years. In 2017 the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit – which acts as a clearing house for reports of suspicious activity filed by banks and other […]

If your company is a data controller under the GDPR then your company will need to update its privacy policy or privacy notice. Under the GDPR privacy policies must contain more detailed disclosures, while also being understandable and accessible. Use the checklist below to identify the key disclosure requirements for privacy policies. GDPR Privacy Policy […]

Money laundering is a serious offence which and the Jersey courts (AG-v-Goodwin [2016] JRC 165 / The Attorney General -v-Darryn Rae Antonio Miguel Spinola) has previously had regard to the English authority of R v Monfries [2004] 2 Cr. App. R.(S) 3, in which the English Court of Appeal set out a number of principles:- […]