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What every director needs to know about data protection?

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Claire Morrissey

Partner and head of the Data, Commercial and Technology practice - Maples Group
28th of April 2021 at 13:00 (GMT)
Via Zoom
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About

This Webinar

This webinar is in a panel discussion format. Data protection has been a boardroom priority for businesses since the advent of the GDPR in May 2018.  We will discuss the data protection issues directors need to be aware of to keep their corporates use of personal data within the bounds of GDPR compliance.

This will include:
How a new director gets to grips with what personal data it’s corporate is processing and why
Key risk areas such as data security breaches
Ongoing compliance measures
Developments in international data transfers
GDPR enforcement actions and fines
Director’s liability

This Speaker

Claire Morrissey is a Partner and head of the Data, Commercial and Technology practice at Maples and Calder in the Maples Group’s law firm in Dublin. Claire advises on data, digital, cyber and technology across all sectors including emerging technologies such as AI and IoT. She has a particular focus on GDPR compliance and investigations, emerging technologies and complex sourcing projects. Claire also regularly advises on commercial contracts, outsourcing and technology, IP and data aspects of joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. Claire is highly recommended in a number of top-tier independent legal directories as ‘practical and responsive‘ (The Legal 500, 2020), ‘technically excellent’ (Chambers Europe, 2018) and ‘meticulous in her analysis and extremely responsive’ (Managing Intellectual Property 2017). She was also the only Irish lawyer to be listed in the prestigious ’40 under 40′ 2018 Global Data Review.

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