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The digital euro: a targeted consultation and privacy concerns

In October 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report on a digital euro and in October 2021, following initial consultation with the public and preliminary analysis, it commenced its two year investigation phase of a digital euro project. Together with the European Commission, the ECB continue to review the possible introduction of a digital euro.

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Ashfords' In-House Bulletin - March 2022

This In-House Bulletin provides key legal updates across all practice areas to help ensure in house lawyers, GCs, contract and procurement managers can easily and efficiently keep abreast of what’s happening in the legal world.

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UK data protection regime: updates to consider

Since the start of 2021, the UK data protection regulatory regime has seen substantial changes, in particular for data transfers. The UK has now adopted its own version of the GDPR (known as the ‘UK GDPR’), and is in the process of introducing its own international transfer mechanism to enable organisations to legitimise data transfers to third countries.

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Obtaining a Sponsor Licence from the Home Office: what do business owners need to know?

Many UK businesses simply cannot source the staff that they need from the UK labour market, particularly following the end of free movement from the EU, and therefore need to cast their net wider to fill vacancies. A Skilled Worker visa allows foreign nationals to come to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job with an approved employer. This visa has replaced the Tier 2 (General) work visa.

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How has withdrawing from the EU affected the UK's data protection regime?

Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU at the start of 2021, the UK was left with a bridging period during which data flows could continue unhindered between the EU and the UK. Towards the end of the bridging period, the EU issued an Adequacy Decision, confirming that the UK’s data protection regime is sufficiently equivalent to the EU’s regime.

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Safeguarding your valuable business information

Whether you are designing a confidential new product, developing a new design, engineering, manufacturing or industrial technique, a brand new way of doing business, or simply a better way of doing what others in your industry have done the same way for years, no business wants to see someone else take unfair advantage of their ideas, efforts and expense.

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