Sidley Austin

This Practice Note explores the data protection implications of conducting clinical research. In particular, this Practice Note considers the responsibility for data protection compliance in the context of clinical research, the relevant legal grounds for processing personal data for research purposes, transparency requirements, collaborative research and data sharing as well as exceptions to data subject rights when processing personal data in the context of research. Finally, this Practice Note provides a checklist of practical data protection considerations to bear in mind when planning research activities.

This Practice Note sets out the passporting rights and related notification requirements of mortgage credit intermediaries established in the European Economic Area set out in the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), which had been implemented by 21 March 2016. The Practice Note provides an overview of the MCD, the scope of passporting rights under the MCD, notification and consent requirements under the MCD and the supervisory processes that regulators and firms must follow.

This Practice Note covers what the ISDA 2021 Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions are and why they are used. It explores the key changes made to the 2006 ISDA Definitions and why these were deemed necessary as well as setting out what each section of the ISDA 2021 Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions cover.

Digital health developers, manufacturers and distributors of mobile health (mHealth) apps, and any connected software as medical devices (SaMD) or artificial intelligence (AI) system, must comply with significant data protection regulations in parallel with regulatory compliance throughout the life cycle of an app’s development and commercialisation to market. This Practice Note focuses on the data protection and privacy considerations for mHealth apps, devices or connected medical software (SaMD) in the UK and EEA. mHealth, like telehealth, is a subset of eHealth under the digital health umbrella and refers to the use of mobile applications to allow users to monitor, evaluate and improve their health using mobile devices. Further discussion addresses the more stringent protections required for health data referred to as ‘special category’ data or ‘sensitive’ personal data.

This Practice Note sets out the regulatory regime for consumer buy-to-let (CBTL) lending under the Mortgage Credit Directive Order 2015 (SI 2015/910) (MCD Order 2015), which transposed the EU Mortgage Credit Directive (2014/17/EU) (the MCD) into the UK regulatory framework prior to the UK’s decision to leave the EU. The regulated CBTL regime extended the regulated mortgage regime with respect to both secured (first or second charge) and unsecured forms of consumer credit agreements entered into on or after 21 March 2016 relating to property that in part, or in whole, is occupied as a dwelling on the basis of a rental agreement. This Practice Note also looks at the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on the regulation of CBTL lending in the UK.