We help you take control when data breaches happen.
Our specialist team works quickly to minimise disruption and damage, providing clear, practical advice to help you manage breaches effectively and comply with legal requirements. From the first 72 hours to longer-term investigations and lawsuits.
How we help:
- Advising on legal obligations in the immediate period following a data breach.
- Assessing the impact of the breach and the need for notification to the ICO and data subjects.
- Cause analysis and assistance with rectification of issues.
- Managing the media and reputation issues.
- Responding to ICO audits, notices and enforcement actions.
- Handling compliance breaches to mitigate penalties.
- Representing organisations and directors facing criminal investigations under the Data Protection Act.
- Mitigating risk in civil claims, including mass litigation from affected data subjects.
Our experience includes:
- Advising a major advertising platform and technology industry leader on ransomware attack, cyberterrorism and breach obligations.
- Advising a major pharmaceutical company on data protection issues including secondment as data protection officer, drafting policies and procedures, and dealing with potential data breaches.
- Advising a client in the beverages industry on potential data breaches following a ransomware attack, including in relation to the impact on former and current employees.
- Developing and implementing a comprehensive suite of data protection documents for an advisory firm, including a privacy notice, breach register, and data processing register.
- Assisting Australia’s largest privately owned construction company in expanding its operations to the UK by implementing appropriate data protection procedures, conducting a comprehensive review of its policies to ensure compliance with UK legislation, streamlining its data breach response procedure, and amending key documents such as its website privacy policy.
