About the 2017
Regulatory Update: Spring
Impact of EU General Data Protection Regulation on financial services
The Financial Services sector is heavily regulated and the industry has been impacted by several new regulations and acts in the recent years.
The Thomson Reuters inaugural Financial Services Regulatory Update aims to provide a deep dive immersion in a particular piece of regulation. These half day events aim to complement, not replace the main conference in June – the format will be more interactive, participative and will enable you to discuss specific issues with your peers during the roundtables.
The FS Regulatory Update: Spring will be investigating the impacts of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on financial services. The GDPR has being a real milestone in the world of data protection and the countdown for compliance has begun – the timelines are tight and the implementation challenges are starting to arise.
Brexit, the new Minister of Data Protection and the changes at ICO are resulting in some uncertainty. The FS Regulatory Update: Spring will discuss the GDPR from all perspectives: regulator, practitioner and private practice and will aim to leave you with clear path of what to do next.
Topics will include:
- What are the Commissioner’s priorities and time-scales?
- The future of data protection regulation in the UK and new regulatory reporting requirements
- What are the extra-territorial impacts?
- Is there any conflict emerging with non-EU law?
- Practicalities: what challenges have you been facing?