Privacy & Data Protection
The Privacy and Data Protection practice area has gained a growing importance at VdA, in the past few years. We currently advise an increasing number of private and public entities in all matters concerning these issues, namely as regards the setting up of adequate compliance strategies for each organization.
We hold an inside industry perspective on this area, which is of the utmost importance in what concerns understanding the privacy concerns affecting clients' businesses. We deliver legal advice with significant added value in the various sectors - finance and insurance, health, telecommunications and media, information technology, among others - focusing on services such as:
- Individual Compliance programmes
- Implementation of whistleblowing, hotline procedures and due diligence procedures under the scope of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Analysis and evaluation of Customer Relationship Management projects, marketing campaigns and and client fidelity programs
- Legal advice on business development and launching of products and services
- Evaluation of technical and technological solutions, from a data protection point of view
- Legal advice on international data transfer projects
- Definition of rules and proceedings concerning data management in Human Resources
- Legal advice on drafting of legislation regarding data protection
- Definition of policies for data retention
We take pride in our close relationship with clients, through which we share our know-how and expertise in order to empower our clients with deep internal competences as regards privacy and data protection. It is our strong conviction that the establishment of an efficient compliance strategy brings strong privacy dividends to the clients' businesses - and that is our main purpose, when assisting our clients.
