At risk of being sued?

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Contreras replied

21 August 2013, 07:07
Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View Post

The contract is between the umbrella and the agency and the umbrella should have PI insurance in place

Should have, but worth checking.

Still, if the umbrella company went bust/dissolved then any PI insurance would almost certainly lapse / be cancelled.
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LisaContractorUmbrella replied

21 August 2013, 06:49
The contract is between the umbrella and the agency and the umbrella should have PI insurance in place
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SueEllen replied

20 August 2013, 17:34
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I thought it was the umbrella that had the contract with the client. You are just an employee of theirs?

Depends on how the marketing agency wrote the contract which the umbrella agreed to.

Though if you aren't party to the terms, which you can't be as an employee, then you may have to hire a solicitor to point that out if it goes wrong.
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northernladuk replied

20 August 2013, 17:02
I thought it was the umbrella that had the contract with the client. You are just an employee of theirs?
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borderreiver replied

20 August 2013, 16:51
Yes, I'd get the insurance if I didn't already have it ...

Can they really sue you if you're with an umbrella, though? Can't you play the poor oppressed "I was just obeying orders" employee card if things get nasty? Surely that's an advantage of using a brolly?

Just a thought
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eek replied

20 August 2013, 16:28
PCI Compliance?
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GillsMan replied

20 August 2013, 16:19
Originally posted by IanIan View Post

I have a contract with a marketing agency and am employed by an umbrella. The marketing agency is supplying software to a large corporation and I've been writing code for them to encrypt bank details and credit card information and store them in a database.

Should I ask them for a message in writing that they won't sue me if there's a security breach?

Take out professional indemnity insurance.
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IanIan started a topic At risk of being sued?

20 August 2013, 16:10
At risk of being sued?

I have a contract with a marketing agency and am employed by an umbrella. The marketing agency is supplying software to a large corporation and I've been writing code for them to encrypt bank details and credit card information and store them in a database.

Should I ask them for a message in writing that they won't sue me if there's a security breach?
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