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Data has become the lifeblood of global trade and commerce, particularly in the digital economy, where its commercial value has surged as businesses strive to collect, use and monetise data, to manage and improve operations, predict and respond to their customers and create new products and services in ways not previously imagined.
Our data protection and privacy offering is driven by an interdisciplinary global team with extensive experience spanning regulatory advice, commercial transactions, litigation and compliance. Our practice covers the full range of data protection and management, privacy and associated matters, providing you with cutting-edge advice on general compliance including regulatory compliance, risk disclosure and corporate governance, subject access requests, employee monitoring and surveillance, freedom of information, privacy impact assessments, cyber security, data breaches and post-breach recovery, incident response, data retention, data monetisation and global data transfers.
We have been involved in drafting legislation, formulating regulation and advising in the area since its inception, with some team members also holding senior government positions. Our clients are diverse, ranging from advising startups to multinational businesses and major listed corporations, as well as corporate executives and boards of directors, with clients turning to us for contentious and non-contentious advice.
We regularly advise on major data laws and regimes including the EU and UK’s General Data Protection Regulation, the Australian Privacy Act and surveillance legislation, comprehensive state privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act, industry-specific data protection laws including in finance, insurance, critical infrastructure, advertising and healthcare, and the privacy acts of a number of countries across the broader APAC region.
Drawing on deep knowledge from experience spanning various sectors – including public and private – we offer strategic, pragmatic advice to help you achieve your commercial objectives, maximise data value and minimise risk, while navigating the complex, changing landscape of global data regulations.
Experience
Softbank Europe
Advising on data privacy issues, including providing a detailed overview of the legal framework in the EU and the UK, together with a summary of the proposed changes to the EU data protection regime
Telstra
Advising on a range of strategic matters including data security issues involving billing and payment systems, data security clauses, cloud computing agreements including cross-border disclosure issues and US Safe Harbor, data breach incident response, privacy law reform submissions, privacy training, surveillance and big data analytics
Tata Communications
Advising on the compilation of its corporate compliance handbook across 21 jurisdictions. The work involved advising Tata on compliance issues in jurisdictions where Tata has a presence including document retention, data protection and privacy, competition, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety and employee benefits
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Advising as part of a global exercise reviewing and advising on employee and customer data protection issues
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Miriam Everett
Partner, London
Julian Lincoln
Partner, Melbourne
Austin Manes
Special Counsel, Privacy Counsel, Silicon Valley
张卫华
合伙人，科伟史密夫斐尔, Mainland China and Beijing
Emmanuel Ronco
Partner, Paris
Alan R. Friedman
Counsel, New York
Kaman Tsoi
Special Counsel, Melbourne