With a background of experience representing many prominent UK brands and public sector organisations, our team of data and privacy lawyers deliver clear, commercial and strategic advice on a wide variety of data and privacy matters.
With an outstanding reputation for providing clients across all sectors with innovative solutions, our lawyers are dedicated to helping businesses maintain compliance and reduce risk whilst ensuring continued success.
Renowned for advising some of the most highly-regarded retailers and financial institutions on privacy and data issues, our team of lawyers are well acquainted with cutting edge data products across new and emerging technologies, involving all areas of cyber security, telematics, drones and big data.
As the rise of technology continues to dominate most industries, this comes with an increase in data, privacy and freedom of information law regulations - and the need for public sector transparency within businesses. Our team of lawyers are here to ensure that our clients are compliant with data, privacy and FOI, protecting both their reputation and business.
Clients of our data and privacy law firm
Our lawyers are on-hand to advise clients on a range of data and privacy issues, including wider governance issues such as freedom of information (FOI), the environmental information regulations (EIR) and the re-use of public sector information regulations (PSI). They represent many public sector clients including:
Local authorities
Financial institutions
Retail sectors
NHS bodies
Housing associations
Colleges, universities and schools.
Data, privacy and FOI services
Working closely with our clients to understand their needs, lawyers at our data and privacy law firm are able to provide comprehensive, tailored solutions, offering a range of legal services including:
Ensuring all clients are aware of regulations and putting in place effective structures to help them maintain compliance
Assisting clients on all cyber security and data breach matters, whether they are the victim or facing investigation
Helping clients to mitigate any potential legal consequences following a data breach
Representing clients in any criminal litigation, providing sophisticated and strategic legal advice
Assisting clients both professionally and commercially in all matters of dispute resolution
Drafting and overseeing data sharing agreements and data protection policies
Advising on all FOI, EIR and PSI legislation.
If you’re in need of legal guidance on all matters of data, privacy and FOI, get in touch with our team of data and privacy lawyers today to find out how we can help support you and your business.
With a proven track record representing many prominent national and international businesses and public sector organisations, we understand how important it is to provide our clients with legal advice that ensures you maintain compliance, reduce risk, and have all the information you need to meet your mission-critical objectives.
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As technology continues to drive various industries, businesses are encountering a complex web of data protection, privacy, and information regulations, making compliance more crucial than ever. Expert, pragmatic and timely advice helps you safeguard your reputation and your business, keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology, and ensure you can utilise the tools at your disposal to find sophisticated solutions and embrace new and exciting opportunities.
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Your data protection, privacy and digital regulation team
Providing clear, commercial, and strategic advice on a wide variety of data compliance and privacy matters is second nature to our team of specialists, who understand how important it is to not only embrace new technology but also seek out ways to utilise the opportunities it presents. We advise some of the most highly regarded retailers, manufacturers, transport providers, energy suppliers and financial institutions on privacy and data issues. Armed with detailed knowledge of cutting-edge and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, our lawyers get right to the heart of issues and are well-versed in all areas of data commercialisation, digital transformations, cyber security, telematics, and bio-metrics. On the public sector side, we work with local authorities, NHS bodies, housing associations, charities, industry clusters, colleges, universities, and schools.
If you require support with data protection, privacy or cyber security compliance or other information law requirements such as FOI requests or the environmental information regulations (EIR), we’ll field a team that offers not just expert advice, but comprehensive and tailored solutions to fit your exact requirements.
In the unfortunate event of a cyber security or data breach, whether the victim or facing an investigation, we’ll help you mitigate any potential legal consequences, providing sophisticated and strategic legal advice.
With the legal know-how to help you overcome the challenges of an evolving legal and regulatory landscape, you’ll be in safe hands with our dedicated experts who will ensure you’re aware of all relevant regulations and have effective structures in place to maintain compliance and operational resilience. Quite simply, you can rely on us to find creative and forward-thinking solutions to your problems – empowering you to break new ground.
In need of a data and privacy lawyer? Look no further.
At Womble Bond Dickinson we have an exceptional team of talented lawyers and business professionals who can offer guidance and find the solutions right for your business. We have both broad and niche expertise across all our UK and US offices
Conducting a privacy assurance review for an international insurance company, including mapping its data repositories and flows, revision of policies and procedures, and remediation of over 1,000 contracts
Conducting a multi-jurisdiction privacy compliance audit for a FTSE 100 international retail group
Assisting an international business on the data protection issues relating to the outsourcing of strategic IT services to various service providers in India and the resulting cross-border transfer of data
Advising a FTSE 250 company on its use of customer data, including building compliant direct marketing and consent processes.
Advising a global clothing retailer on their online privacy notice, cookies policy and cookies banner to address a range of new digital marketing tools being deployed
Testimonials
"Proactive, commercially aware and very willing to engage with the business".
Legal 500 2022
“They're very good at data protection and they spot the nuances of issues.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021
“This firm strikes the right balance of detailed analysis, practical advice, speed and cost.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021
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