Privacy and security of personal data and other sensitive information have been receiving a great deal of press coverage recently.  Stories relating to companies suffering data security breaches never seem far from the front pages of the newspapers.

Whilst advances in technology are helping to improve employee productivity, reduce overheads and enable financial firms to sell and provide a greater range of services to clients, organisations also need to be fully up to date with the privacy and security risks such new technology presents, as well as the rapidly changing regulatory environment that aims to tackle these challenges.

This Workshop looks at the range of legal and regulatory requirements faced by financial services organisations and practical steps that they can take to achieve compliance.

Areas covered include:

• Identifying the threats to data security and key internal and external pressure points for financial services organisations

• Legal background: confidentiality, informational privacy and data protection requirements

• The FSA's interest in data security and implications for financial organisations

• Liability, sanctions and enforcement

• Developments in other parts of the world and lessons for the UK financial industry

• Practical steps for organisations: what to do and what to avoid

The Workshop is interactive and delegates will work through a practical case study raising some of the key issues discussed above.

Workshop participants will learn how to identify potential legal issues and how to create practical policies and procedures to meet the regulatory challenge.

Kenneth has also worked with a number of major technology and service providers to the financial industry advising on privacy, data protection, information management and security issues in relation to software and systems integration.  He writes and speaks extensively on the subject.