Data Protection and Privacy Specialist data protection and privacy solicitors in Milton Keynes

At Heald Solicitors in Milton Keynes, our commercial team work with a wide variety of businesses, providing advice and guidance in respect of data protection and privacy issues.

We can work with you to draw up clear and concise data control policies, including website privacy policies. We can give you advice on managing your data and understanding where it exists and how to treat it. This includes ensuring you have the right employee policies in place so that your employees know how to handle data as well as understanding that their own data is secure and private.

Data protection and privacy is a complex area of law and has changed over recent years with both the adoption of the GDPR and the fact of “Brexit”. Most businesses need help with management and compliance. By engaging a legal expert, you can be sure that you are not inadvertently breaking the law and that your data is as secure as possible, meaning a lower risk of an incident.

GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, requires anyone holding or using someone’s personal data to do so under strict principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency, for a set purpose, collecting the minimum amount of data necessary and in accordance with rules over storage, confidentiality and accountability.

An important part of compliance is carrying out a data audit. Our team can advise you on how to approach this and recommend any necessary changes to your policies to ensure you do not breach the rules.

Your data protection and privacy policies

Every business will need policies in place dealing with various aspects of data protection and control. Essential policies are:

• A data protection policy
• A data breach plan
• A data breach register

You may also require:

• A client ID policy, if you require clients to provide personal identification
• An employee privacy policy, if you have employees
• A data protection impact assessment

You will also need external policies in place for people outside of your organisation. They should cover everything from how long you keep someone’s personal data to how you use cookies on your website. You will generally need to put the following policies in place:

• Privacy policy
• Website privacy policy