Protecting their critical information systems and data is a serious concern for businesses and governments. GKC Data Protech Consultancy advises its clients, including both domestic and international companies which are being operated in several territories, on a wide range of issues including;

– Providing consultancy services regarding data protection, privacy, information technology and digital law, cybercrime and cybersecurity issues by ensuring the organization is compliant with data privacy legislation;
– Assisting the DPO in monitoring compliance with EU and UK GDPR, the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 and other relevant data privacy laws;
– Undertaking activities such as data protection audits in relation to processing activities;
– Reviewing and updating privacy notices, consent forms and cookie policies;
– Carrying out Data Protection Impact Assessments;
– Investigating data breaches and collaborating with the teams to identify remedial actions and ensure those are implemented;
– Providing advice and guidance to staff who assist with processing Individual Rights Requests;
– Advising on data protection requests from third parties;
– Maintaining and developing data protection policies and procedures that are fit for purpose within all countries where the company has a presence and implement global compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including working with local counsel where required;
– Preparing complex data protection related legal documents such as data sharing agreements and joint controller agreements;
– Assisting on transactional data protection issues and due diligence; producing data protection related guidance for commercial lawyers (e.g. data processing agreement negotiation guidance).