Compliance Advice & Training

Do I need data protection compliance advice?  

If your business interacts with personal data, then at some point, yes you will! Compliance advice doesn’t need to be thought of as impenetrable, Magna Carta length written notes. It can (and we make sure that it does) take the form of commercial, pragmatic advice in writing or over Teams/Zoom (whichever you prefer!) which is tailored to your business.  

Sound compliance advice is essential for your business to stay on the right side of UK data protection law which can pay dividends far beyond its cost. Your legal advisors should become embedded within your business and should be thought of as an extension of your team – an experienced, safe pair of hands that can be relied upon when most needed. In addition, your legal advisors should help you understand the compliance advice which your business needs, and why you need it.  Depending on your business and its current and future goals and objectives advice can be related to a one-off project or the business as a whole.  

Why undertake data protection compliance training?  

Ultimately, words on paper in the forms of policies and procedures, privacy notices, contracts etc. can only take a business so far. It’s essential those written items are correct and kept up-to-date, but in practice data protection compliance relies on people, and people that know what they are doing because they have been adequately trained.  

UK data protection law is vast and fairly complex. Data protection training is great way to cut through the complexity and ensure the businesses’ management and staff have the requisite knowledge and skills to ensure a business stays compliant in practice.  Training is versatile and can cover key obligations as a whole or focus on specific area of data protection compliance.  

How can we help?  

We have significant experience advising businesses across a range of sectors on various topics in relation to UK data protection compliance, and providing commercial, pragmatic, tailored advice on data protection matters to businesses in the format that’s best for them.  

We can prepare a training proposal or help you on a longer term basis with DP advice through our FlamingoDP subscription.

Want to speak with one of our experienced data protection lawyers? Get in touch with our team.

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