Data Protection

EU data protection law places special demands on companies regarding data protection management and organization. We develop tailor-made compliance programmes to minimize the risk of fines. And we advise on how to implement the General Data Protection Regulation, supporting companies in making the necessary modifications to their data protection organization and infrastructure.

We assist companies in internal investigations to clarify compliance violations and in reacting to such violations. This includes handling employees’ personal data in a legally sound and practical manner, organizing and ensuring legal compliance in evaluations of email communication, and checking the permissibility of data transfer to group companies and public authorities in states outside the EU.

Our clients profit from our many years of experience in dealing with all kinds of major IT projects. In data protection, we advise on IT outsourcing, on migrating IT functions to the cloud, and on transitional service agreements in the framework of transactions, for example.

Digitalization is changing the world of work faster than the legal framework of employment law is changing. In companies with works councils, we negotiate how digitalized processes will be introduced and how technical opportunities in staff monitoring can be handled in an up-to-date manner. Additionally, we advise companies on using their systems such as email and internet as well as on matters like bring your own device or home offices and the relevant aspects of employment and data protection law.

For the healthcare sector, digital progress means major opportunities as well as special data protection challenges given the highly sensitive nature of health data and genetic information.

We advise our clients in Germany and abroad on all issues raised by cross-border exchange of personal data, such as in connection with transactions or where global customer or staff databases are planned, in connection with telematics, on data transfer within corporate groups etc.

Internationally, our clients profit from integrated advice from our international network on various data protection rules outside of Germany. In cases extending across jurisdictions, we work together with top international law firms on a steady basis of trust, offering a one-stop shop for optimal advice on each case.