On 1 February 2021, Singapore’s mandatory data breach notification laws took effect. If your organisation is based in Singapore or collects, uses, or discloses personal data in Singapore, and you experience a data breach, you may be required to notify the regulator and affected individuals. If you don’t comply, you may face fines of up […]
Information Governance, Privacy & Security Services
Corporate data, whether stored on servers, in the cloud or on employee devices, presents new challenges and opportunities for your organisation. As data volumes increase, these challenges include safely and defensibly: — Mining corporate data to find and act upon key information quickly — Storing sensitive data, including client information and proprietary intellectual property — […]
E-discovery and Electronic Evidence Review for Financial Services Client
When an international retail banking institution needed a single, trusted e-discovery provider backed by a global team of renowned experts to improve consistency across their functional areas and reduce their overall e-discovery costs, our experts were able to help. The bank therefore sought to consolidate many of their systems into a single platform which had […]
Capturing the Value in Mobile Data
Insights for litigation and investigations reviews With the majority of Australians (89%) owning a mobile phone1 and many working from home, the use of mobile devices is part of everyday life. For litigation and investigations, this valuable evidence is not collected as regularly as it could be. We explore some of the technical challenges, identify […]
Why Being a Woman is Your Advantage with Nina, a Senior Director in Tech | Ep 12 – Girls in Work
Nina Mohadjer, a Senior Director in our Technology team in Germany recently featured on a recent Girls in Work podcast. Having lived and worked in many different countries and cultures, she talks about why you should never lose your femininity, and why being a woman in the world of business is your strength, not a […]
Financial Crime Quarterly
Issue 2 – December 2020
Webinar: Data Retention & Minimisation – Lessons Learned in 2020
Data retention and minimisation played a key role in numerous cases and enforcement actions throughout 2020. Worryingly, the range of infractions varied widely, teaching us that it is certainly an area that is very challenging for organisations to address. In this webinar, Nina Bryant joins a panel of experts from Exterro and Verisure to provide […]
The Modern Age
As businesses batten down to weather the implications of, and boost recovery from, the recent COVID-19 crisis, many are looking at strategic M&A to streamline, increase liquidity, divest the less functional edges of their corporate portfolio and merge with entities that strengthen their resilience. At the same time, across the globe, there is a trend […]
Map your data: How a personal data overhaul can reveal critical information governance lessons
Have you ever stopped to think, really think, about your personal data? How much is there? How far does it reach? Where is it stored? Is it protected? We often talk about crown jewels and data mapping in the context of corporate information governance. But on a personal level, data is often ignored or overlooked, […]
Q&A: Technology And The Future Of Dispute Resolution
In this Q&A article Jon Chan, Alex Semertzides and Tom Jackson at FTI Consulting LLP, and Damian Taylor and Robert Worthington at Slaughter and May, discuss technology and the future of dispute resolution.
M&A Due Diligence: Ensuring Data Risk Doesn’t Derail the Deal
As start-ups strategise and develop their post-Covid survival strategy, and large corporations refocus on their highest performing functions, M&A activity is shifting to centre on strategic divestitures and mergers that will bolster business resilience. With this shift, due diligence over data risk is becoming an increasingly critical element of strategic and informed M&A decision-making and […]
Managing Coronavirus Relief Lending Risk
Many countries have introduced programmes to help distribute relief funds and emergency loans to help businesses stay afloat during the crisis. While these programmes are critical to bolstering economic stability, they were also created quickly and under pressure. One inadvertent result has been an emerging uncertainty among financial institutions about the long-term outlook for how […]
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Insurance Expense Optimisation
Financial Crime Quarterly
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Part 4: Why mis-spelling my address led to higher rates for collision coverage
Behaviour today = claims tomorrow
Part 3: What’s so special about my mobile phone number?
Behaviour today = claims tomorrow
Part 2: Can he really type that fast?
Behaviour today = claims tomorrow
Part 1: Are you getting the full picture?
Behaviour today = claims tomorrow
Time for Africa to step up its digital transformation
Africa could be playing a far greater role in the development of the global digital economy but it requires bold decisions if the continent is to influence global affairs, the global economy and the global imagination. This was the vision of economic change outlined in The Economist’s special Report on The African Century (May 2020). […]