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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The Law Commission’s Final Report on Digital Assets
Following on from its July 2022 consultation paper, the Law Commission published its final report on Digital Assets in June. ...
EU Data Act 3 – cloud to on-prem migrations
In this video, Chris Kemp looks at what the data act says about the right for a customer to migrate ...
EU Data Act 2 – interoperability & cloud services
This vlog from Chris Kemp is part of a short series we’re running on the EU Data Act – an ...
The EU Data Act 1 – where has it landed on ‘switching’?
This vlog from Chris Kemp is part of a short series we’re running on the EU Data Act – an ...
Smart Data – an unloved corner of the DPDI (No. 2) Bill
This vlog from Chris Kemp is about Part 3 of the DPDI (No. 2) Bill – the significant if slightly ...
The DPDI (No. 2) Bill – a whole new UK GDPR?
This blog is based on material presented at our GDPR in Practice seminar in London on 22 June 2023. If ...
Data breaches myth busted by the ICO and the NCSC
The UK’s ICO and NCSC recently published a joint vlog dispelling a number of myths and assumptions regarding data breaches, ...
European Data Protection Board’s Meta Decisions on Lawful Basis for Processing, Transparency, and Fairness
Eleanor Hobson talks to Thomson Reuters Practical Law about the European Data Protection Board’s Meta Decisions on Lawful Basis for ...
Update on UK proposals for text and data mining rights
Deirdre Moynihan covers the latest updates regarding the UK’s proposals to introduce some form of text and data mining right ...
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 ...
