Getting the best of both (data protection) worlds with Lawpoint lawyers

by | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog | 0 comments

A fusion of legal knowledge and practical compliance

As an unusual niche provider which offers both data protection compliance services and data protection legal advice, we delineate our lawyer services, DPO services and compliance services (see table below). There are reasons why we do it like this, which is another blog for another day.

We are all lawyers, but the data protection capacity we act in for different clients in relation to data protection varies, whether providing data protection lawyer services, outsourced DPO services or compliance services.

We know that the line is not clear-cut and that other than the contract side, some compliance specialists probably provide services similar to our data protection lawyer services. However, there are very few who can do everything. This fusion of legal and compliance cuts across strategic, operational, risk management and legal data protection boundaries, creating a unique service.

Depending on our service, clients either get a very pragmatic lawyer, DPO or supremely knowledgeable compliance support. Whichever way you look at it, the decisions and advice we provide are strong, quick and risk-based. Ultimately, time and cost are saved. For example, within 30 minutes of receiving details of a data protection breach, we can quantify breaches and see whether they are notifiable within the legal 72-hour period (see Thank god I got my breaches sorted).

Lawpoint Data Protection Lawyer Services Lawpoint Compliance Services Lawpoint DPO Service
  • Contract drafting and negotiations of data protection clauses and documents.
  • Drafting data-sharing agreements.
  • Advising businesses on data protection status and requirements concerning complex relationships (e.g., cloud brokering services).
  • A point of escalation/ support for DPOs / Compliance officers for the more contentious/ complex SARs, DPIAs.
  • Breach quantification and decisions on
  • Breach liaison with the ICO.
  • Supporting other DPOs (sounding board).
  • Outsourced DPO.
  • Designing Risk-Based Data Privacy Programmes.
  • Legal updates – changes to law.
  • Policies and processes are based on a legal framework issued by the client or Lawpoint.
  • Day-to-day operational support. Maintaining a data protection culture.
  • Implementation of data privacy programmes.
  • Follow up on ICO recommendations.
  • Updates on ICO guidance.
  • Training.
  • DPO inputs and activities as required by law.

 

If you want to learn more about our services to support your business, please call Tracey on 01202 729 444 or e-mail tracey@law-point.co.uk.