Data Protection
Our Digital Law team brings together a broad spectrum of legal expertise, including data protection, aritificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IT and IP. We have a very extensive expertise in data protection and offer the most comprehensive range of sercices as well. Furthermore, we combine our legal expertise with the expertise of our cybersecurity colleagues enabling us to activa en integrated team.
In the area of data protectoin, we provide comprehensive and practical solutioins tailored to your needs. Our services include Data Protection Officier services and outsourced data protection consultancy services to support you data protection office. Our DPO experts are also trained in AI. We can assist your company during difficult and stressfull times, such as data breach support, support with data subject rights requests, support during inspections and representation before data protection authorities or in court. Our experts have a long track record in dealing with complex matters in challenging environments in both public and private sector and international group transfers.
Leveraging the global EY Law network enables us to provide seamless international assistance, ensuring your business is supported across borders with consistent and strategic legal solutions. Trust EY Law Belgium for both local expertise and global reach.
Recognize any of these situations?
| Scenario | Solution | |
| 1. | Are you experiencing a data breach due to internal human or technical failure or due to external event (phishing, hacking,…)? | We can provide the support you need on short notice. We can assist you in the analysis of the data breach and the related documentation and reporting to data subjects and authorities. We can assist you in your communication (strategy) with the authorities and data subjects and handle subsequent data subject requests. We can assist with all remediation actions needed to restore compliance. Together with our cybersecurity colleagues we can also help from an IT and security point of view. |
| 2. | Is your data protection team facing (un)expected high volumes of work? Do you need temporary DPO support? | We offer DPO and DPO support services. From long term DPO assignment to short term DPO assignments (due to e.g. maternity leave, illness…). We can also offer support to your data protection team via our on-site service. We have long term experience in DPO services in various sectors, public and private. |
| 3. | Are you in need of support to help navigate the volume of complex European digital laws, e.g. AI Act, GDPR, Data Services Act, NIS2, Cyberresilience Act…? | We can help your organization manage the complex digital regulatory landscape by providing you’re the right framework and tools. |
| 4. | Are you facing an inspection from a Data Protection Authority or need legal representation before a Data Protection Authority? | We will guide you both strategically and operationally to defend your rights and instore remedial measures where necessary. |
| 5. | Are you in need of data protection support in a transactional context, i.e. sale or acquisition of company, sale of a database which contains personal data?
| We have vast experience in carrying out data protection compliance due diligence and recommending accurate representations & warranties, post- and pre-closing actions. We can also provide advice on how to turn your data into revenue in a legally GDPR compliant manner and provide the required documentation in support of this transaction. |
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