Legal & General Investment Management to locate operations in Ireland City Talk On 26th May 2017, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) chose Ireland, subject to regulatory approval, for part of their investment management operations. The decision is part of LGIM’s strategy to ensure it can continue to serve its customers, both in Ireland and across the EU, after the UK leaves the European Union. Established in [...]
Here are some things you didn’t know about GDPR, but you should City Talk EU GDPR, the new data protection regulation that comes into effect next year, is still widely misunderstood. Here are some points about it that will help you to navigate the new landscape. Technically, GDPR has been in force since May last year. The date 25 May 2018 is when enforcement starts. This subtle but important [...]
Here’s how to turn EU GDPR compliance chores into business benefits City Talk When the EU General Data Protection Regulation was announced last year, many business owners immediately panicked at the prospect of eye-watering fines and onerous obligations. But with almost a year left until it comes into force, the focus has shifted to how the process of becoming compliant could leave businesses better off. Safeguard GDPR was [...]
Autonomous and connected vehicles: a view from Europe April 28, 2017 I attended the first ever European Commission European Conference on Connected & Automated Driving (CAD) in early April. Next generation transportation and vehicle connectivity was the theme. The European Commission expect to see fully autonomous vehicles by 2040. This means Driverless vehicles. In October 2016 the Declaration of Amsterdam was signed by all 29 countries [...]
How to avoid the financial hit of a ransomware infection April 26, 2017 It's one of the fastest-growing forms of cybercrime – and one of the most visible. Ransomware locks victims out of their valuable files and demands payment to release them, unlike other forms of malicious software that stay hidden and stole data. Ransomware has quickly grown to become one of the biggest cybercrime threats for businesses [...]
How Ireland became the data capital of Europe March 28, 2017 Over the last 20 years Ireland has established itself as The Data Capital of Europe; with an impressive cluster of leading data rich companies serving Europe from Ireland; from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn,Twitter, Airbnb, with many investing in substantial data centre infrastructure around the Island. Today data privacy issues are at the forefront for [...]
