A free half day session to help in-house lawyers, FDs, HR and IT Directors understand and deal with the wide ranging obligations of data protection laws

Well publicised security breaches have ensured that the question of data protection compliance is high on the agenda at both public and private sector organisations. With the Information Commissioner having recently secured increased enforcement powers and with a growing number of other regulators able to impose penalties for data protection breaches, organisations need to be clear as to the obligations which they face and their approach to achieving data protection compliance.

Enforcement action is not the only negative consequence of non-compliance which needs to be considered. Many commercial contracts include data protection compliance obligations which if breached could leave an organisation open to claims for damages. In all cases avoiding bad publicity and the prospect of wasted management time are obvious incentives to understanding the range of data protection laws with which UK based organisations must comply.

In this interactive session, members of Osborne Clarke's specialist data protection unit will provide a plain English summary of the requirements of data protection laws, as well as their insights into common mistakes made and best practice to target in data protection compliance. In particular the session will focus on how to minimise the risk and cope with the consequences of a security breach, how to lawfully monitor employees and other best practice for dealing with privacy issues in an HR context.

Agenda

08.30  Registration and breakfast
09.00  Introduction
09.15  How do data protection laws impact your organisation?
10.00  Data protection in an employment context
10.45  Data security - what is expected of you and what to do if you have an issue
11.30  Q&A
11.45  Close

on Wednesday 9 July 2008

at Osborne Clarke, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, BS1 6EG (click here  for map and directions).

Your presenters:

James Mullock (click here  to see this speaker's biography).

Emily Jones (click here to see this speaker's biography).

Lloyd Davey (click here  to see this speaker's biography).

To register for this event please email mailto:becky.johnstone@osborneclarke.com.