Data Privacy
In today’s interconnected world, data privacy and security sits high on the agenda of every business. Increasing regulatory activity, growing consumer awareness and malicious actors means that the risks of getting it wrong are greater than ever. Handled well, strong data protection practices build trust, enable innovation, minimise cost and disruption and create real competitive advantage.
Practical and commercial data protection advice
Our data protection lawyers combine deep expertise in data protection law with practical experience advising businesses across the technology, media, entertainment and creative sectors. In what can be a highly technical and fast-moving area, we will help you understand the issues that matter for your business, identify and prioritise risks and help you implement pragmatic and commercial policies and procedures and deal with issues should they arise.
We advise on a wide range of data protection issues, from day-to-day compliance, polices and privacy issues in commercial contracts to strategic and business-critical projects. This includes developing compliance programmes, drafting and implementing policies and processes that meet GDPR, EU GDPR and ePrivacy requirements and embedding best-practice data handling practices throughout your organisation. We adapt according to your needs and risk profile.
We work with small owner managed businesses and large international corporations.
We also support clients developing and implementing emergent and innovative technologies, particularly in the adtech and online marketing sector.
Regulatory enforcement and disputes
When problems do arise, we are on hand to deal with disputes, regulatory compliance and enforcement. We regularly deal with contentious data subject access requests (often in the context of a broader dispute where DSARs may be used as a strategic tool). We are experienced in dealing with the UK ICO on regulatory investigations and enforcement action and in related Court proceedings.
Data Protection and Reputation Management
Over recent years data protection has increasingly been used as a powerful way to protect and manage personal reputations. Our data protection lawyers work closely with our defamation and privacy specialists to protect the reputation of our individual talent clients and defend our corporate clients against claims by individuals.
Our specialist areas include:
- Analysing complex data flows across digital platforms
- Company-wide data protection audits and the design and implementation of compliance programmes
- International data transfers, including transfer risk assessments and adoption of appropriate safeguards
- Database and digital marketing, including managing consents, cookies and tracking technologies
- Subject access requests and complaints, including contentious and strategic DSARs
- Data security breach response
- ICO investigations and enforcement action
- Data protection disputes including claims in relation to unlawful processing, misuse of personal information and data issues arising in commercial and employment disputes where DSARs and other data protection claims are often used as a strategic tool.
SPECIALIST AREAS
Complex data flows across digital platforms
Databases and digital marketing
Data protection audits and compliance programmes
Data protection disputes
Data security breaches and incident response
ICO investigations and enforcement action
International data transfers and risk assessments
Subject access requests and complaints, including strategic DSARs
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