The following are key thoughts and actions Comsure walked a client through after a recent data breach Report data violations promptly in line with data protection laws and regulatory responsibilities  there should be accountability and data security should be a priority. Implement controls and safeguards to mitigate the risks  for example, by promoting a security […]

Rather than annual training, regular regulatory updates are becoming popular with Comsure clients – let me know if you are interested. Also, some client’s have expanded on the “lunch and learn” concept and have built an in-house academy around the training and this tailored elearning.

A Honduran lawyer who once worked for a company owned by a powerful political family in the Central American country was sentenced in Manhattan to 14 months in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to laundering drug money. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl said Andres Acosta Garcia’s sentence, less than the 41 to 51 […]

The United States has imposed sanctions on a vessel that Reuters revealed last year was delivering oil products from Russia to North Korea. The vessel, the Kum Un San, was one of eight vessels which Reuters found had left Russia with cargoes of fuel headed for North Korea despite declaring other destinations. U.S. officials say […]

Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their information, as it prepares for the start of a tough new EU data protection law. The videos will show users how to manage the data that Facebook […]

JSCCA Regulatory update report On October 13th 2017, the Jersey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants (JSCCA) held a regulatory update seminar at the Hotel de France, with John Harris as a speaker. John Harris stated in his introduction that “There will be major changes in the way the JFSC regulates the finance industry when […]

This paper provides an overview of findings from the JFSC’s themed programme of on-site examinations on the subject of Enhanced and Simplified Due Diligence, which were conducted by the JFSC in 2016 and 2017. This comprised of two phases; the first spanned eight banks between September and December 2016, whilst the second covered six Trust […]

Data for Risk Based Supervision The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) on the 9th August published a consultation paper on Data for Risk Based Supervision. These proposals will, in time, impact all Affected Businesses – those that are subject to the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008 because they conduct financial services business in Jersey or are […]