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By Justin Cornish, Alice Marsden, Brian Meenagh

On February 26, 2012 the Office of the Commissioner of Data Protection (OCDP) for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) published its Strategic Plan for 2012-14. One of the key statements in the Strategic Plan is the statement of the OCDP’s intention to apply to the European Commission for acceptance of the DIFC as a jurisdiction with an adequate data protection regime. If the DIFC is officially declared ‘adequate’ by the European Commission…

Last week we posted about the fast approaching May 26 deadline for member state implementation of the EU’s revised Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive concerning cookies on web sites. We noted the relative absence of final (if any) guidance from EU jurisdictions on the approach to be taken in their respective implementations.  On Monday, the UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (commonly called the ICO), provided some official guidance. As expected, the official advice confirms the strict position set…

Thumbnail image for iStock_Lock.jpgThe American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70, or SAS 70 as it is more commonly known, has been with us since April 1992. On 15 June 2011, it will effectively be replaced by two new standards: (i) a reporting standard for service organisations, the “Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16” (or SSAE 16 as it will no doubt be referred to); and (ii) an audit standard for customers of…