Privacy, Data & GDPR

Since GDPR came into force in 2018, the trend of increasing public awareness and concern about data privacy has taken a significant step-up.

This looks very unlikely to change and so all businesses, both large and small, need to ensure that they are remain aware of – and more importantly compliant with – their obligations in the realm of data protection and privacy.

And, while in many ways the GDPR, and the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018, were more evolution than revolution in the overall data protection regime, one area that did change significantly was the size of financial penalties that businesses can suffer if they get things wrong.

With our breadth of experience, we can provide expert advice to help your business avoid some of the common pitfalls. This wide-ranging support includes the following:

• Drafting data protection policies
• Advising on data protection and privacy regulations
• Preparing website privacy policies
• Advice on usage and sharing of data
• Specialist advice around direct (including electronic) marketing
• Assistance with data subject access requests

Our recent experience includes:

• Advising a large business intelligence company with a new GDPR compliant privacy policy.
• Advising a large international IT outsourcer with data processing agreements and cross border data transfer agreements based upon the standard contractual clauses.
• Advising a well-known food manufacturer with a new cookie policy and assisted them in a dispute with a data privacy activist.
• Advising various firms with GDPR related services including data processing impact assessments and data flow audit.
• Advising online marketing companies with in relation to their digital marketing GDPR compliance.

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