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UK and EU GDPR ‘International Transfers’ – Standard Contractual Clauses

Under the United Kingdom and European Union, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) standard contractual clauses (SCCs) are the most commonly used mechanisms, or ‘appropriate safeguards’, to legitimise international transfers of personal…

The Life of Tech Lawyers: From the Inside Out

Lawyers, Legal Technology, Orbital Blogs

Being present at the office every day, drafting agreements, dictating into dictaphones with secretaries then transcribing dictation only for the lawyer to further review the draft, meeting face to face with clients, manually reviewing…

Artificial Intelligence – The Key to Custom Software Development

Software Development, Strategy, technology law, Technology Procurement

Have we gone full circle with custom software development? For some years now, companies have pivoted to taking on standard software and configuring it to meet their requirements because of the number of failures in custom software development…

Key Legal Considerations – when seeking investment for your business

Legal Due Diligence

You are embarking on a new technology venture or have started one, and you are ready to take it to the next level. It is not difficult to find articles on how a company can source additional funding to grow its business. Before a funder…

Transfer of Personal Data, SCCs and when you need Supplementary Measures

GDPR, Orbital Blogs, Personal Data Protection, Product related Data Protection

This article provides background on the Schrems II decision (C-311/18)), by the Court of Justice of the European Union. For the latest on UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) International Transfers and Standard Contractual Clauses…

Start a New Law Firm? Why not?

Lawyers, orbital law

Obi and I are often asked what made us decide to set up a law firm. It was not as if our experience ticked all the boxes. We were not from private practice, we did not have a list of existing clients who would follow us. We were in-house lawyers,…

Profiling and Automated Decision Making – “… the computer says no”

GDPR, Personal Data Protection, Profiling

The advent of high-volume data analytics technologies, AI, and machine learning has led to a booming data analytics industry. In addition, the general availability of large amounts of personal data on the internet and on "Internet of Things"…

Data Breach? What You Should Do

Orbital Blogs, Personal Data Protection, UK GDPR

A data breach involving potential unauthorised access to customers' personal data can have disastrous consequences for companies. In recent times, a number of large corporations such as British Airways and Ticketmaster have suffered data…

Data Management – Taking a responsible approach

GDPR, Orbital Blogs, Personal Data Protection, UK GDPR

Implementing the right attitudes and cultures from the outset will ensure that businesses adopt a responsible approach when it comes to honouring customer, employee, and other stakeholders’ personal data - comments Obi Nwokedi, Managing…

Statement of works Part 2 – it’s not meant for your desk drawer

Development, Orbital Blogs, Software Development, Technology Contracting, Technology Procurement

Part 2 of our series on Statement of Works, which covers post-contract activities. In our previous blog entitled "Statement of Works Part 1 - Drafting Tips" we looked at the key requirements for an effective Statement of Works ("SOW").…

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