Data Protection

Our diversified team of experts, which combines the strengths of professionals with legal and technical backgrounds, assists companies in managing data in compliance with applicable law.

Data protection

Today privacy compliance requires an understanding of both technical and legal aspects of data processing and security.

For this reason, our team of experts includes professionals with diversified backgrounds, including lawyers, patent attorneys and IT specialists, so that we are uniquely positioned to provide assistance on any data protection issue with a 360-degree view.

Our data protection practitioners advise clients in a variety of industry sectors spanning healthcare, telecommunications, automotive, equipment manufacturing, B2C and B2B. Our team has developed a particular expertise in handling privacy issues for software companies, involving processing of biometric data and AI-automated profiling.

List of activities

  • data protection audits and risk analyses
  • data protection compliance programs
  • data processing and data transfer agreements
  • privacy policies
  • privacy issues in M&A
  • assistance before Data Protection Authorities
  • training

 

Insights

6

August

KEY ASPECTS OF THE EDPB’S STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON DATA TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EU BASED ON SCHREMS II

In its Statement and FAQ Document the EDPB provides guidance on the use of instruments for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to the judgment. In this article we provide some of the most significant answers given by the EDPB.

27

July

3 KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR GDPR COMPLIANCE WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) classifies biometric data as a special category of personal data because it makes it possible to uniquely identify a person.

28

July

KEY GDPR PRACTICE TIPS RELATED TO AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AND PROFILING

Automated decision-making and profiling constitute personal data processing that may have a significant impact particularly on the rights of the data subject.

27

July

CJEU RULES EU-US PRIVACY SHIELD INVALID – WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

The European Court of Justice issued a significant judgement on 16 July 2020 ruling, inter alia, that the EU-US Privacy Shield framework is invalid.

21

April

DATA PROTECTION IN EUROPE AND THE USE OF MOBILE APPS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

On April 15, 2020 the European Commission (the “Commission”), in response to a call from the European Council of 26 March, issued a Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures.

24

February

FOCUS ON GDPR AND RESEARCH

On 6 January 2020, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) published a Preliminary Opinion on data protection and scientific research for the purpose of addressing the lack of guidelines or comprehensive studies on this topic.

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