Data & Information Rights

Our team’s wide-ranging expertise includes:

• Advising generally in respect of compliance with the new data protection regime brought about by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
• Acting for both claimants and defendants in claims for breaches of the UK GDPR and the 2018 Act
• Acting for both claimants and defendants in proceedings concerning misuse of private information and breaches of Art. 8 ECHR (the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence)
• Advising in respect of requests to exercise rights under data protection law, including subject access requests, the right to rectification and the right to erasure
• Advising in respect of personal data breaches and ICO enforcement action
• Advising individuals as to their rights in respect of law enforcement processing by the police and prisons
• Advising and representing claimants and respondents in relation to complaints to the OIC
• Advising and representing claimants and respondents in relation to access to information (FOIA)
• Advising and representing claimants seeking deletion or rectification of personal and sensitive data held by DBS and police authorities and other public authorities (including NHS, Universities)