Will corporate data protection rules become less stringent?
Proposed law changes around corporate data protection measures appear to pave the way for a more relaxed regime – but is that really the case?
Data protection articles
Read our articles on data protection and GDPR.
Accountant’s Guide to UK Crypto Tax
Want to understand cryptocurrency tax? Got crypto clients or getting questions about crypto? The theory behind crypto tax is not as cryptic as you might think. That's because most countries use familiar tax law on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In this guide designed for Accountants, we'll take you through the key facts, followed by more in-depth guidance for your country.
Data Subject Access Requests and the comments your clients and employees have the right to see
What is said behind closed doors is no longer necessarily private. In an upcoming webinar, legal experts from Haddletons will share tips on exactly what you are required to show when dealing with a Data Subject Access Requests.
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The cost of data breaches; monetising voice assistants; funding for UK cyber firms; small and wide data for analytics; post-pandemic innovation and growth; and UK streaming habits.
In the nick of time: EU grants UK data protection adequacy decision
With the 30 June deadline approaching, the EU has agreed an adequacy decision for the UK, allowing the free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK to continue.
HMRC outlines late-filing penalty notices data breach
April 2021
ICAEW members in practice have been among thousands of agents who have received late-filing penalty notices which are not for their clients. HMRC has investigated and provided an update on what went wrong.
Data Protection now the UK has left the EU: February 2021 Update
February 2021
The EU Commission has issued a draft decision that the UK will be granted a full adequacy decision which will enable data flows from the EU/EEA to continue as they did when the UK was in the EU. However the European Data Protection Board still has to formalise this and will not do this before it has consulted with member states.
Draft decision deems UK data laws ‘adequate’
24 February 2021: The UK government has welcomed the European Commission’s recent draft data adequacy decision, which paves the way for the continued free flow of data from the EU and the UK.
Data protection now the UK has left the EU: January 2021 update
Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, ICAEW Insights has the latest on how this affects GDPR and the sensitive issue of data protection.
Tax news in brief
2 December 2020: Highlights from the broader tax news this week includes: free webinar for SMEs on EU data protection, HMRC to accept late elections to spread disguised remuneration loan balances, latest advisory fuel rates published and the repeal of VAT (Treatment of Transactions) Order 1992.