Data Protection and Privacy

We provide advice on the increasingly complex rules and the broad range of privacy and data-governance issues arising now in Central and Eastern Europe from the collection, use, disclosure and management of personal information.

Our understanding includes advising in relation to: banking and financial services; business process outsourcing; healthcare; technology and social media; telecommunications; transportation and utilities.

We provide our clients advice in relation to:

• anti-spam legislation;
• policies and guidelines applicable to privacy issues regarding marketing and advertising programs and campaigns, including social media–related marketing, online behavioural advertising, and marketing to children;
• cross-border privacy issues, including the transfer of data outside of the national jurisdiction;
• significant privacy information security breaches and regulatory notification issues for individuals;
• compliance and data-governance issues associated with data analytics, fraud-detection programs and other emerging data uses;
• investigations and complaints filed with privacy regulatory authorities;
• workplace privacy issues, including email and Internet use policies affecting an employee’s expectation of privacy, and identify privacy-compliant practices for handling and using employee data;
• data-classification and records-management programs; and
• training and awareness programs.

Law, Accountancy & Advisory.

Your CEE Partners.

Capabilities

• Accountancy and Audit
• Banking and Capital Markets
• Corporate M&A
• Data Protection and Privacy
• Funds and Investment Management
• Infrastructure and Resources
• Labour