Area of Practice

Data Privacy and Protection

The Practice

AQUILAW’s Data Privacy and Protection practice advises businesses on compliance with data protection and privacy requirements across digital, commercial and employment contexts.

The team assists clients with data collection, processing, storage, transfer, retention, incident response, contractual safeguards and workplace data governance.

Data Protection and Privacy

Advising on compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws including implementation of privacy policy, terms of use, community guidelines and specific compliance for synthetically generated information.
Advising on data collection, processing, storage, transfer and retention practices, including cross-border data transfers and creating SOPs for implementation.
Supporting incident response including data breach assessment, mitigation strategy and regulatory notifications.
Drafting and negotiating data protection clauses in commercial contracts including data processing agreements and vendor arrangements.
Advisory on employee data privacy, monitoring practices and workplace data governance.
Conducting trainings on data collection, storage, processing and breach response.

The Aquilaw Advantage

We combine regulatory understanding with practical commercial drafting, helping clients build data governance frameworks that work across day-to-day operations, technology use, vendor relationships and incident response.

The team navigate and facilitate complex commercial deals within tight timelines and readily provide innovative commercial solutions to overcome negotiation hurdles.