Kate has over 20 years experience as an adviser to companies and organisations on data privacy regulation, information law and cyber security.  With clients drawn from many sectors - in particular, financial services, fintech, technology, real estate and infrastructure - this helps Kate provide lateral solutions and recommendations which are pragmatic, proportionate and grounded.
 
Kate enjoys offering seamless support to her clients, whether they are amongst the world's largest public companies or smaller enterprises with a more limited geographical footprint.  
 
Kate's practice includes:
 
Transactional -
  • for personal data-critical projects, overseeing data due diligence of acquisition or investment targets and advising on appropriate contract terms and other risk mitigation steps e.g. around consumer marketing lists
  • vendor-focused pre-transaction compliance, e.g. employee and customer privacy notice updates
  • data sharing agreements, DPIAs
Compliance-
  • global program implementation
  • international data transfers strategies
  • operationalising responses to data subject requests, especially contentious DSARs 
  • third party vendor assessments
  • data retention
Cyber security advisory -
  • breach prevention counselling, policy refreshes and c-suite training
  • data breach response, e.g. analysis and regulatory filings and individual notifications for 30+ jurisdictions
  • post-breach advisory, including mitigation and analysis of vendor liability

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