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Almost every business has commercially sensitive information, personal data or big datasets underpinning its assets, revenue and growth strategy.
As regulators around the world follow GDPR standards and plan tighter controls around the use and transfer of personal data, you need to stay ahead of major changes. This will help ensure compliance and minimise the risk to your business. In addition, appropriate data handling is crucial to your corporate reputation and to giving you a competitive edge in a global market.
Our specialist Data Protection and Cyber team has over 20 years' experience and is one of the biggest in Europe. We are exceptionally well positioned to take care of all challenges associated with data in an international context.
We act for clients at the heart of the data economy, breaking unprecedented ground in the application of data across borders and regulatory frameworks. We are trusted by global clients regarding:
Vast technical, legal and regulatory expertise underpins all of our advice and we know that as these landscapes evolve, so too do the threats. We provide you with real world risk management and the insight we have gained through our excellent relationships with national regulators from all major European jurisdictions and worldwide.
Latest news & insights
Cyber security 2023: key threats and challenges
by multiple authors
EU makes progress on EU-US data adequacy and incoming data and cybersecurity legislation
ICO publishes updated guidance on AI and data protection
CJEU referral on violations of data protection law on the basis of competition law and on the interpretation of the concept of health data
by Dr. Daniel Tietjen and Dr. David Klein, LL.M. (Univ. of Washington), CIPP/E
Our team
Please feel free to contact any of the people listed here for more information about our capabilities and their expertise. You can also search for a particular individual or see the whole team by using our people finder.
Tools & online services
Global data hub
Our data protection microsite, is a one-stop shop for up-to-date, international information on data privacy law, offering practical insights, thought leadership and guidance on data protection law. All content on the Hub is available for free and receives over 30,000 visitors a month. We have added a wealth of GDPR-specific articles and a number of GDPR checklists supported by a bank of virtual learning webinars to help clients with their preparations for implementation.
Global data protection guide
The Guide spans more than 60 countries and takes the form of an interactive online map, which clients can use to compare national data protection laws in multiple jurisdictions.
TW:Detect
TW:Detect is the latest cutting-edge tool we have developed as part of our cyber service to better enable companies to identify potential online threats due to cyber vulnerabilities that are invisible to traditional modes of monitoring.
TW: Cyber Response
Our data breach mobile app helps organisations prepare for and respond to data breaches. Organisations will face potential multi-million pound fines for data breaches after 25 May 2018. TW:Cyber Response provides practical assistance to help clients prepare for and manage breaches as effectively as possible, to minimise their exposure to regulatory action, litigation risk, and reputational damage. The app is available to download from the App Store and Google Play Store.
France - GDPR assessment tool
The French data protection authority (the CNIL) has issued a 6-step compliance plan. This free tool identifies your compliance status for each of these steps and is available in both French and English.
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Analysis and exploration of legal and commercial issues in tech, IP, media and related sectors.