Briffa has been helping organisations and individuals successfully navigate the choppy waters of personal and sensitive data for over 25 years. Our specialist solicitors can advise on all aspects of data protection, including GDPR requirements, website privacy policies, internal data protection policies and third-party data protection agreements.
Given our extensive background in intellectual property, our data protection lawyers have a huge amount of experience in this area. Our comprehensive services include a legal strategy, documents, and training to protect your highly valuable commercial data, and we are on hand to provide tailored advice at all times.
Typically, we’ll provide businesses, small and large, with specialist legal advice covering the following:
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Our data protection solicitors provide expert legal advice on all aspects of data protection law, plus whatever support you require to protect your intellectual property assets properly.
Your commercial data is likely to be highly valuable, and taking the right steps to mitigate the risk of deliberate or inadvertent data breaches, such as the leakage of sensitive information, is important.
The EU’s latest data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), was implemented across the EU in May 2018. The law applies to any business processing data of EU citizens, regardless of where that business is located – meaning it’s still applicable to many UK businesses despite leaving the UK (regardless, the UK has retained the GDPR in domestic law).
We are thoroughly versed in all areas of GDPR. We can ensure you remain protected from non-compliance penalties, which can run to €20 million or 4% of your annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. We will ensure your website privacy policies, internal data protection policies, and data collection, storage & retention procedures are all compliant.
We’re recognised for the quality of our services by the Legal500, having provided specialist data protection services for over 25 years.
We offer consultations with expert solicitors and fixed fee quotes.
We have offices in London, UK and Cork, the Republic of Ireland, plus a global network of associates.
We offer an industry-leading service with short turnaround times and business-focused advice.
In the UK, all businesses collecting personal information about their customers and employees must comply with data protection regulations. Given almost all businesses now collect some form of personal data, very few are exempt. It’s key that any personal data is collected and stored securely, and how your businesses uses an individual’s personal data must be transparent.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU law concerning personal data privacy. The law has several core components which cover accountability, accuracy, security, storage, transparency, what is collected, and why. GDPR applies to any company processing data of EU citizens.
Non-compliance with GDPR can prove costly, as fines can reach £20 million or 4% of global annual turnover (whichever is higher). It’s therefore imperative that businesses processing personal seek astute legal advice to ensure compliance.
Despite leaving the EU, the UK retains the GDPR in domestic law. This is called UK GDPR and sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018 at the forefront of the UK’s data privacy laws.
One difference is that whilst the original GDPR concerns the processing of EU citizen data, the UK GDPR concerns the processing of UK citizen data. There are also implications concerning processing and data transfers across borders that businesses should ensure they are familiar with.
Briffa’s specialist solicitors have been practising intellectual property law in the UK and Europe for over twenty-five years. Meet the key personnel for this area below, or follow the link to meet the rest of the team.
We’re on hand to assist with a wide range of IP issues, just get in touch to find out more.
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