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Data protection has become a major issue for legislators, regulators and consumers worldwide that organisations can no longer afford to ignore.

Our Data Privacy Scorebox helps you to assess your organisation’s level of data protection maturity. It requires completing a survey covering areas such as storage of data, use of data, and customers’ rights. Once completed, a report is produced, summarising your organisation’s alignment with 12 key areas of global data protection. The report also includes a practical action point check list and peer benchmarking data.

Transfer has been developed to streamline the process of carrying out TIAs, providing a clear step-by-step methodology so data exporters and importers can assess problematic laws and practices in “third countries”, the level of safeguards in place and the severity and likelihood of harm as a result of public authority access. 

Our IT Development Project Healthcheck toolkit has been developed to assist our clients in managing their projects efficiently, to identify and assess risks and to avoid disputes.

Notify is a web-based data breach assessment tool that provides consistent, objective, and efficient GDPR-compliant breach response handling through a quantitative algorithmic model, automated reporting, and flexible hosting options.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force in May 2018, introduced some of the most stringent data protection laws in the world. It is vital for anyone working with customer data to be familiar with its contents.

To help you navigate the GDPR, DLA Piper has created the DLA Piper GDPR mobile app. Available on Apple and Android devices, it allows you to access the full text of the General Data Protection Regulation on the move. The fully searchable text comes in 16 languages, links articles and recitals to show how they are related, and adds references back to provisions of the earlier Directive 95/46/EC.