We assist with the UK, European, and global information, and data activities of a number of UK and overseas data controllers providing them with a wide range of advice on achieving compliance, dealing with data-related disputes and subject access requests (SARs), and responding to personal data breaches.
Our experience extends from advising extensively on data flow issues within franchise business systems to recruitment and marketing industry databases, to data management within Local Government and online management systems.
Our team provides a unique legal and consultancy service which includes:
- Undertaking audits of marketing, processing, and storage protocols for customer and employee data
- Advising on the design of compliant databases
- Advising on the response to a personal data breach (including where the breach is as a result of a cyber security incident)
- The procurement of UK GDPR-compliant IT systems
- Drafting of data protection and privacy-related notices, policies, agreements, and contracts
- Responding to subject access requests and to complaints
- Advising on various data, security, and transfer issues arising from outsourcing and direct marketing
- Advising on the requirement to ‘notify’ the purposes for which data is processed with the Information Commissioner’s Office
Contact Alex Saunders or Jack Horwitz if you have suffered a personal data breach or require advice on your ongoing data protection completion.
Contact Mike Barlow if you have a dispute relating to data protection.
To find out more about our Commercial Team, see our Commercial Law page here.
what our clients say
The stellar practice of Leathes Prior engenders excellence in IP and are increasingly respected for e-commerce and data compliance issues.