General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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A guide to the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the RegTech application

The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. It is one of the most challenging regulatory initiatives and is going to transform the rules governing data protection and privacy in the European Union and beyond. Like GDPR many other new regulations have increased the pressure on financial institutions where compliance has …

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ESMA publishes views on Public Interest Derogation under GDPR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has stressed the importance of international cooperation to enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ESMA also highlighted that more needs to be done. The insights on ESMA’s views on Public Interest Derogation under GDPR stem from its response to the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) public consultation …

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European Regulators weigh benefits and risks of Big Data

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today its final report on Big Data analysing its impact on consumers and financial firms. Overall, the ESAs have found that while the development of Big Data poses some potential risks to financial services consumers, the benefits of this innovation currently outweigh these. Many of …

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GDPR – The Challenges and the Opportunity (Part 3): Organizations' obligation

In the second part of our guide to the GDPR and the advantages of RegTech, we have looked at aspect of the data subject rights as defined by the new rules. In the third and last part, we will look at the obligations for organizations and tell you about the challenges but also explain the …

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GDPR – The Challenges and the Opportunity (Part 2): Data Subject Rights

Following our general overview of the GDPR, we will now look at Data Subject Rights – the challenges they bring and how to deal with them. DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS – THE CHALLENGE The GDPR strengthens the rights of individuals to be able to fully control their personal data. Those rights will change the daily operation …

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GDPR – The Challenges and the Opportunity

In a recent post, we highlighted that for RegTech to fulfil its entire potential, it needs to be something more than an instrument used to simply address isolated regulatory requirements. Take the GDPR, for instance: with the right solution you can achieve comprehensible and trustworthy evidence; the solution should bring transparency on a firm’s compliance …

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Breaking down the General Data Protection Regulation

In less than 12 month the European Union’s new regulation on Data Protection, GDPR, will become applicable. It will have a significant impact on how we collect, store and manage personal data. In this sponsored post by John Karantzis, founder and CEO of iSignthis Ltd, breaks down the new rules and explains what you need …

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