Hot on the heels of the World Health Organisation’s declaration of a Global Health Emergency, today marked another watershed with the announcement of two confirmed case of Coronavirus in the UK. Obviously it is too early to know how the disease may spread within the UK but a look at the Global figures from the […]
Clearly the news from China over the last few days of the emergence and spread of Coronavirus has been very worrying. The news today that patients in Scotland are being tested for Coronavirus make the threat all the more stark. Reliable data on infection rates, and severity of the disease is impossible to come by
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A report published recently by DLA Piper looks at the impact of GDPR, 18 months on from coming into force across the EU. So far 160 000 breaches have been reported, including: 40 000 in the Netherlands; 37 000 in Germany; and 22 000 in the UK. The report states that the fines imposed to
There is a strong sense of “situation no change” as the 2020s began with three high-profile IT problems in the UK Financial Services Sector. Firstly, the on-line banking services and mobile apps for Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland (all part of the Lloyds Banking Group) were all disrupted on New Year’s Day. The disruption
