Data Protection

As an employer of people, it is inevitable that you will process large amounts of personal data relating to your employees. With this, there comes a requirement to comply with data protection laws, and the risk of claims if you don’t.

Our data protection experts are available to help you understand and implement policies and procedures which are designed to enable full compliance with this tricky area of law. We also partner with our clients to collate responses to data subject access requests from employees in a timely and compliant manner.

Our approach is underpinned by our deep knowledge of the legal framework, but we always strive to be practical and commercially focused with the solutions that we recommend.

Our data protection offering includes:

· Designing and implementing employee, worker and contractor privacy policies and measures
· Advising on data protection compliance
· Auditing current practices and data handling
· Responding to subject access requests from employees, workers or contractors
· Handling data breaches and engaging with the ICO
· Assisting with penalty notices and sanctions faced by data controllers
· Training companies on compliance with the data protection regime
· Supporting and advising in-house data protection officers as required