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From the Editor's Desk

From The Editor’s Desk – January and February 2024 in Compliance Week

Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week, unpack some of the top stories that have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at the top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk about some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.

Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur are back. In this episode, they look at the Department of Justice’s role in shaping corporate compliance practices through its enforcement actions, setting the tone for companies to voluntarily self-disclose and cooperate. Tom believes that the DOJ is making a concerted effort to highlight what companies are doing right in enforcement actions, particularly in relation to remedial efforts and cooperation. He sees the DOJ’s settlement documents as a clear communication of what they expect from companies going forward. Kyle emphasizes the importance of focusing on the positive aspects of enforcement actions and learning from what companies are doing right to prevent similar situations in the future. He mentions the use of data analytics and the retention of off-channel communications as examples of new expectations from the DOJ. Join Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur on this episode of From the Editor’s Desk as they delve deeper into the topic of DOJ enforcement actions and corporate compliance practices.

Highlights Include:

  • SAP Enforcement Action
  • CNIL and Amazon’s Excessive Employee Surveillance Violation
  • Exploring Best Practices in Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
  • Highlighting Compliance Success in Financial Services
  • Insights from DOJ Enforcement Actions Roundtable
  • Bill Belichick
  • NFL Playoffs
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: January 25, 2024 – The Big Brother Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Menendez says search warrants are unconstitutional.  (Roll Call)
  • Wayne LaPierre claims he’s too sick to go to trial. (Business Insider)
  • More bad news for Boeing. (WaPo)
  • Big Brother arrives at the workplace. (BBC)

For more information on Ethico and a free White Paper on top compliance issues in 2024, click here.

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Life with GDPR

Cookies, Cookies & More Cookies

Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox return for another episode of the award-winning Life with GDPR. Data protection has become a priority for many authorities with the French regulator, CNIL,  recently issuing fines and penalties to Microsoft for not complying with the data protection laws. Changes were made to their practices in March 2022, and similar action was taken against Google and Amazon.

In this episode, we discuss the regulatory landscape for cookies which has become difficult for businesses to maneuver, requiring board-level oversight of data privacy, data protection, and data security. Together, these measures are deemed necessary in order to mitigate the biggest risks to organizations. Max Schrems and his pressure group were two of the key adjutants and had filed a substantial number of complaints. This eventually led to a large fine at the end of 2022, announced this month, from CNIL, the French Data Protection Regulator, against Microsoft, for €60 million. This fine highlighted the fact that cookies had been on the agenda for many Data Protection Authorities and the severity of the consequences for not following GDPR requirements. The implications of this case will have a lasting effect on the relations between European Data Protection Authorities and corporations, as well as the resources necessary to stay compliant.

Highlights include:

·      [00:04:16] Microsoft’s Changes to Cookie Practices

·      [00:09:21] Navigating Regulatory Landscapes for Businesses

·      [00:14:21] The Importance of Data Privacy Board Oversight

Resources

For more information on the issues raised in this podcast, check out the Cordery Compliance, News Section. 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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