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EU Whistleblower Directive-Part 2


Jonathan Armstrong is on assignment in Cornwall so for this episode Cordery Compliance co-founder Andre Bywater joins Tom Fox to discuss issues relating to the upcoming EU Whistleblower Directive, with a go live date of December 17. This is Part 2 of a special 2-part episode. Some of the questions we consider include:

  1. What about whistleblowing and data protection issues?
  2. Are individuals subject to whistleblowing allegations also protected?
  3. Subject Access Requests.
  4. False whistleblowing.
  5. Sanctions for non-compliance.
  6. Bounties for whistleblowing.
  7. When must the EU whistleblowing rules be implemented?
  8. Post-Brexit, how will the UK be implementing these rules?
  9. What are Andre’s three takeaways?

Resources
Check out the Cordery Compliance, client alert on this topic, click here. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.

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Life with GDPR

EU Whistleblower Directive-Part 1

Jonathan Armstrong is on assignment in Cornwall so for this episode Cordery Compliance co-founder Andre Bywater joins Tom Fox to discuss the upcoming EU Whistleblower Directive go live date of December 17. This is Part 1 of a special 2-part episode. Some of the questions we consider include:

1.     Why is the EU tackling whistleblowing & what EU areas fall in scope?

2.     Who can be a whistleblower?

3.     What about anonymity and confidentiality?

4.     Which whistleblowing route should a whistleblower follow?

5.     Are there any record-keeping obligations?

6.     Is retaliation prohibited?

Resources

Check out the Cordery Compliance, client alert on this topic, click here. For more information on Cordery Compliance, go their website here. Also check out the GDPR Navigator, one of the top resources for GDPR Compliance by clicking here.