Data Law
We have unmatched experience advising on data law, regulation and projects. From knotty issues around data contracting, rights, AI, governance, protection, security and sovereignty. To strategic advice to help clients maximise data opportunities and successfully manage risk.
We’ve been ranked in each edition of Global Data Review’s GDR 100, a ranking of the world’s best data law firms, since the inaugural rankings in 2020. We are singled out for our “business-focused, cutting-edge, clear-cut advice on GDPR compliance, data licensing and cyber security issues”.

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Legal Aspects of Managing Data
The purpose of this white paper is to provide a practical guide to legal rights in data – what they are, how they arise and how they can be managed. Its primary audience is in-house legal counsel lawyering their organisation’s data estate and data operations.
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International Comparative Legal Guide – Digital Business 2023
Chris Kemp and Eleanor Hobson have contributed to the ICLG’s (International Comparative Legal Guide) Digital Business 2023 publication. This publication …
Smart Data & the DPDI (No. 2) Bill: next steps for Open Data in the UK
1. Introduction. This blog is about the proposals for ‘Smart Data’ legislation in Part 3 of the Data Protection and …
Copyright in Fictional Characters
In a first for UK copyright law, the English High Court recently held that copyright may exist independently in a …
Kemp IT Law Seminar: GDPR in practice
The new UK Bill, generative AI and international transfers Date and Time: 08.30 – 10.30, 22 June 2023Place: The Walbrook …
What happens when data retention intersects with a law firm’s regulatory duties?
Richard Kemp looks at how should law firms approach data retention, and what are the key legal aspects they should …
2023: Cross Currents of Uncertainty, Intensity and Complexity for Tech Lawyers to Navigate
Rarely as we leave one year behind has the outlook for the next been shrouded in such uncertainty. Whether stemming …
Myth-Busting the GDPR: If I get “consent”, I can do anything
In the latest in her series of myth-busting the GDPR, Eleanor Hobson examines the need to be specific, informed and …
Data objects: a new English law property right?
Deirdre Moynihan looks at the Law Commission’s recommendation that a new form of personal property be introduced into English law: …
Tech Law Trends for 2023: Kemp IT Law Webinar
Kemp IT Law LLP Webinar: Tech Law Trends for 2023Date and Time: 09.00-10.00 (UK time), Wednesday 9th November 2022The tech intensity …
How to Capture and Manage Client and Matter Data without Tripping up over Regulation
Time: 08.30 – 10.00, Thursday 20 October 2022 Format: Webinar No law firm is immune from struggles with file opening, …
International Transfers Summer 2022 update
This is my Summer 2022 update to my three vlogs on international transfers of personal data – which were thrown …