Our People About Us For You For Your Business Join Us Contact us International 中文 hcr law events Home > Cyber Missed the Cyber Conference? Catch up on demand Read more OUR CYBER FUTURE – HCR’S CYBER CONFERENCE COVERS THE WHOLE PICTURE KEY LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMPANIES USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE CYBER INSURANCE: WHY BOTHER? Every business operates with risk How you anticipate, assess, mitigate and manage risk, will determine your business success. Our leading risk advisory lawyers have come together to deliver holistic insights and advice in the areas of cyber security, technology and data. Covering everything from insider threat, to being compliant with cyber regulation, asset recovery and crypto currency; legal specialists from across our full service firm can help guide and advise you so the risks that face your business, don’t consume it. Tailored legal advice for tech businesses. The path of a technology business is different to other sectors. Contracts and agreements, start-up and scale-up support, M&A, Patent Box and R&D advice, as well as IP and data protection are all specialist areas of advice that we can provide, to help your tech, emerging technology or IT-focused business grow. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Cyber risk is the next pandemic The number of people working from home during the pandemic has risen eight-fold. With this has come a huge increase in the number of cyber attacks. Find out what Dan Hyde has to say to employers, who need to take action to protect their business, now. Latest articles 18th Oct 2021 Regretted hitting ‘Send’? In our increasingly busy digital lives, it is all too easy to hit send without checking if the ‘autofill’ has identified the correct recipient. Or you have not moved the email address to the BCC field. Most of the time these errors only have minor impact on individuals, but not always – the Ministry of […] read more 14th Oct 2021 Digital assets: how switched on are you? The issues which may arise when someone dies without making provision for access to their digital assets can be many and complex. They may be financial (such as when the boss of cryptocurrency company Quadriga died, taking the passwords enabling access to the assets with him) or sentimental (as was the case when a widow […] read more 08th Oct 2021 HMRC cryptoassets manual – where does cryptocurrency reside? HMRC’s recent publication of their Cryptoassets Manual gives us an insight into their view on the location (residence) of cryptocurrency assets – they take the view that cryptocurrency is located in the place where the person who benefits from owning it is resident. A cryptocurrency holder’s residency will be assessed using the statutory residence […] read more 07th Oct 2021 Data protection, cyber security and the Facebook outage Earlier this week Facebook suffered an outage which affected billions of users from accessing platforms including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The interruption lasted for a period of six hours and took even longer for Facebook to discover the cause of the outage. Facebook has now confirmed that the problem was because of engineers sending a […] read more Showing 1 - 4 of 45 prev next Previous Nicola McNeely, Partner, Head of Technology Sector I’ve helped lots of businesses with their digital transformation and software outsourcing. I can help with contracts, policies and business procedures. As Head of Technology sector at HCR, I’m here to help. +44 7870 261 520 email me view my profile Next How can we help? Contact us today What is your name Contact details Which office is most convenient? Most convenient office? Birmingham Cambridge Cardiff Cheltenham Hereford London Milton Keynes Northampton Thames Valley Worcester Wye Valley Question We can also help you with Previous Our cyber future – HCR’s Cyber Conference covers the whole picture Risk Identifier The Cyber Conference Future Workspaces Next RESOURCES Articles Events Library Media Centre Newsletter Archive CAREERS Vacancies Training Contracts Vacation Scheme Placements Career Paralegals ALSO FROM HCR LAW Eagle HR Medical Accident Group Notarial Services Safe From Harm Wills At Work Sign up for news Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 520892). Registered in England number 7033248 HCR Legal LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 596261). Registered in England number OC382982 How to complain | Accessibility | Covid Risk Assessment | Covid Risk Assessment (Wales) | Covid Visitor Guidelines | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Pricing Policy | Solicitors Regulation Authority | Modern Slavery Statement | Gender Pay Gap Report © 2021 Harrison Clark Rickerbys LOADING We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT