Why Is Data Privacy So Important For Family Offices Globally? (Video)

The Italian data protection authority, Garante Per La Protezione Dei Dati Personali (GPDP), has recently taken action against the American company OpenAI OpCo, LLC who created the AI robot ChatGPT.

The Italian Data Protection Authority has issued comprehensive guidelines on tracking pixels in email communications, establishing strict transparency and consent requirements for both public and private entities. Organizations now face a six-month compliance deadline to overhaul their email marketing practices, update privacy notices, and implement granular consent mechanisms for these invisible tracking tools.

Specifically, the applicant must translate the final draft of the approved BCRs into the languages of the concerned DPAs.

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The Situation: The Legislative Decree 101/2018 ("Harmonization Decree") harmonizes the Italian data protection laws ...

With a resolution issued on March 30, 2023, on an urgent basis the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, "Garante")...

Alla luce di quanto precede, il Garante ha invitato FB a chiarire entro il prossimo 20 luglio le modalità di trattamento dei dati personali degli utenti dei servizi del noto social network.

This is to inform you with complete transparency that we have detected an abusive access that has affected some of our systems, and may have affected some personal data.

On 26th of July 2018, for the first time after the application of the EU Regulation 2016/679, the Italian Data Protection Authority published a decision, in order to identify the principal area of its inspection...

The Italian Privacy Authority announced today that it has launched an investigation to verify whether websites are adopting adequate security...

This "regrettably growing catalogue of family disputes," as the court noted, provides a multi-million dollar case study in how ambiguity and the "borrowing" of names can catastrophically backfire...

Between November and December 2014, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou courts specialising in intellectual property law initiated their activities.

"The first family that I helped to move to Singapore already had a family office in Switzerland but decided that Asia was where the next cycle of investment was going to come from," says Daniel Yong...

Florida has enacted significant statutory changes affecting trust administration, probate procedures, and business entity formation. These reforms introduce streamlined nonjudicial processes for trustee discharge, expand access to simplified probate administration, and establish a new framework for protected series LLCs that offers enhanced asset protection and operational flexibility for estate planners and business owners.

As the UK anticipates its first Budget under Andy Burnham's premiership on 28 October 2026, questions arise about whether 'Manchesterism' will introduce an exit tax regime. This analysis examines how different jurisdictions—from Canada's deemed disposal system to France's targeted charges on substantial holdings—tax individuals leaving their borders, and explores what form a UK exit tax might take if implemented.

The UK government has published its response to consultation on flexible working reforms, introducing a new reasonableness test for employers refusing requests from 2027. The reforms will require employers to meet with employees before rejecting applications and explain why refusal is reasonable, while consultation data reveals significant gaps between employer and employee perceptions of the current system.

Effective for the 2016 reporting year, the filing deadline for the Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) will be 15 April rather than 30 June. US citizens and residents abroad will receive an automatic two month filing extension to 15 June.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is advancing the Charities (Amendment) Bill, which introduces significant regulatory changes for charities operating in the jurisdiction. The legislation grants the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland expanded enforcement powers, overhauls accounting and reporting frameworks based on charity size, and clarifies the status of cross-border charitable organizations.

All land in Hong Kong (with the exception of St. John's Cathedral, the only freehold property in Hong Kong) is leasehold property.

California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act would impose a onetime 5% excise tax on individuals and trusts with assets exceeding $1 billion, creating unprecedented challenges for estate planners. The retroactive application and anti-abuse provisions raise critical questions about the treatment of grantor trusts, non-grantor trusts, and beneficiary interests that deviate significantly from established federal wealth transfer tax principles.