Data Privacy, Cyber & Digital

FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE EVOLVING AI LANDSCAPE

Artificial intelligence is developing at breakneck speed, but the legal system is still catching up. Which is why we’ve prepared AI risks: stories told and untold by current case law, a publication which explores the key legal risks emerging from AI and machine learning technologies, and highlights what current case law reveals (and doesn’t) about risk, liability, and regulation.

We have also developed a Global AI case tracker, a companion resource which summarises recent and ongoing legal proceedings around the world involving AI systems.

These resources are essential reading for organisations developing or deploying AI, and for anyone navigating the rapidly shifting AI regulatory landscape. If these resources raise questions for you, please contact our cyber expert, Alex Dittel.

Get the Data Privacy Cyber & Digital – AI Case Tracker

Many of our clients use digital and data-driven technologies to enhance collaboration, increase efficiency, develop products and keep up with competitors. We assist with general data protection compliance, transactions, data sharing, cyber incidents, data rights and regulatory enquiries. Our practice supports clients on UK/EU GDPR matters and market entry strategies. We also offer external Data Protection Officer services.

Our dedicated data privacy team

Data privacy is relevant to all areas of the firm’s practice, and the collective experience of our subject matter experts in this field stretches across the firm.

Alex Dittel is our data privacy and cyber expert bringing over a decade of experience in European and global data protection matters. Our broader team includes experts in advising on procurement, technology, outsourcing and commercial contracting, with significant transactional and advisory data privacy experience across industry sectors. Yudi New brings substantial experience as a technology litigator to the team, including in large-scale class actions and remediation programmes.

Our experience

Our team advises on Australian, European and UK matters, drawing on prior experiences from working at a major UK media company, Google, Amazon, Pfizer, and other organisations.

We meet our clients’ digital and technology needs by offering services in the following areas:

general data privacy compliance
external data protection officer or senior privacy director services
balanced global approaches to data privacy compliance
the roll-out of digital platforms including Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, facial recognition and biometric technologies, AI/ML powered services, social media and data analytics
outbound digital services for consumers or corporate clients
information and cyber security requirements
data privacy impact assessments, opinions on legal and commercial risk and compliance frameworks
development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and data mining technologies
impacts of processes involving automated decision-making (ADM)
data privacy compliance in relation to marketing and advertising
user-facing privacy messaging, user journeys and product architectures
online harms and children’s privacy
consumer data privacy rights, complaints and legal claims for compensation
UK/EU market entry and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance strategies
pragmatic data mapping and data audits
essential data protection policies, procedures, records and data privacy training
international data transfers, Standard Contractual Clauses (EU), International Data Transfer Agreement (UK), transfer impact assessments and records
incident management and breach notification
forward-looking risk mitigation, cyber resilience and claims and reputational management in the context of consumer data privacy
data retention, deletion and backup strategies
technologies engaged in the monitoring of users, customers, employees or the public
deployment of real-time surveillance measures
data-heavy corporate transactions and due diligence
sectoral data privacy rules including financial services and smart energy
commercial data disputes, and
regulatory expectations, enquiries and notifications.

Click here to listen to Alex Dittel on the ‘Masters of Privacy’ podcast, where he explains the complex, often confusing, landscape of privacy law in Australia, and how forthcoming changes are looking to address a fragmented web of legal obligations.

Our industries

With the 4^th Industrial Revolution upon us, we support clients who develop, deploy or otherwise deal with data and technology across all sectors, with particular focus on: