The Czech Republic has finally fulfilled its obligation and completed the implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive. The new regulations, Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the Protection of Whistleblowers (the…
On 20 June 2023, a new Whistleblower Protection Act was published in the Collection of Laws under number 171/2023 Coll. The Act sets a minimum standard of whistleblower protection and requires obliged entities …
In response to the developments related to the conflict in Ukraine, the expected amendment to Act No. 69/2006 Coll., on Carrying Out of International Sanctions, as amended (the “Amendment”), came into effect on…
The legal concept of exculpation of a legal entity from criminal liability in criminal proceedings, provided that the legal entity has a functional and correctly set compliance programme, was adopted into the C…
Compliance is a phenomenon that attracts increasing attention in business circles. An effective compliance programme, from well-prepared codes of ethics to a balanced system of responsibility enforcement, is th…
If you type “compliance” into your browser, you instantly get almost 1 billion search results. In the last few years, many corporate scandals went public and got us all thinking about compliance more than ever …
As a consequence of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) taking effect, the Detective has a growing number of cases to resolve. This time, the Detective is inspecting the rules for shredding phys…
Do you collect or otherwise process personal data of employees? Do you know how you should protect information, which data may be disclosed and which sanctions may be imposed upon you if you are not compliant w…
Contact details, CVS, photographs and videos from corporate events only constitute a fragment of the data handled by HR specialists on a daily basis. HR departments process a large volume of personal data conce…