Paralegal; Data, Privacy & Cyber

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Successful businesses rely on a unique set of ideas and people
. We help our clients protect and develop those vital assets, unlocking possibilities for future success.

From iconic brands and leading multinationals to pioneering start-ups, we are proud to work with a huge range of inspiring clients, helping them to turn their ideas into reality and get the best from — and for — their people.

Our people are not only exceptional at what they do, they also enjoy doing it and consistently give their best to a firm they are proud to be part of. This stems from our firm culture and our ethos of bravery and kindness
. That ethos runs through everything we do, from our approach to recruitment, business practices, and DEI activities to the day-to-day environment in our office and our relationships with clients.

With an internationally minded team of more than 700 working across key areas of law – plus strategic partnerships around the world – we’ve got both the combination and calibre of legal experts it takes to enable our clients’ businesses to thrive. Whether it is providing global employment law advice, managing a global IP portfolio or piecing together a multijurisdictional corporate transaction, we are able to have the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Our Data, Privacy & Cyber team advise on issues across the spectrum of data & privacy compliance and risk management, helping businesses across the UK, Ireland, Europe and internationally. We work with businesses to commercially leverage their data within regulatory confines as well as advising on issues such as GDPR and data protection legislation compliance.

Our experts advise on the full range of data services:

• Workplace privacy – Workplace data from employee monitoring and surveillance, carrying out employee background checks, and drafting internal data privacy policies/notices to data related to diversity programmes.
• Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) – Advising on all volume of DSARs across all sectors via a cost-effective solution. See more for our cost-effective solution below.
• Ad tech – Advising on use of biometric data and data & privacy compliant strategies for the commercial exploitation of personal data (including user profiling and targeting as well as marketing) in the context of digital marketing and advertising.
• Data breach and incident response
  – Advising on data breach disputes (across multiple jurisdictions) arising from basic human error to significant breaches of security.
• Freedom of Information requests
  – Handling requests under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).
• Data transfers – Advising on global intra-group and extra group sharing arrangements, standard contractual clauses and carrying out internal risk assessments.
• Corporate support work for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) – Assisting with specialist data protection advice throughout the lifecycle of the deal.
• AI governance
  – Advising on AI governance programmes, drafting policies, carrying out risk assessments, implementing mitigations, advising on ongoing AI assurance programmes
• Privacy governance
  – Assisting clients on their privacy governance programmes more generally including rolling out polices, updating ROPAs, working with clients on implementing new privacy tech and more. This helps client to ensure privacy by design is fully embedded into their culture and processes.

For workplace privacy, we are the UK, Irish and Hong Kong member of Ius Laboris. For all other international data & privacy matters, we work with specialist data & privacy firms across all key jurisdictions using our relationships with Ius Laboris and GALA (global advertising lawyers alliance) as well as other best of breed law firms.

We are seeking a paralegal to join our team; the role would suit a junior paralegal with strong analytical capabilities and the confidence to shoulder responsibility for their own matters and deal directly with clients and lawyers in other jurisdictions.

The candidate would be expected to…