At Pearl Lemon Legal, we provide specialized legal consulting in data protection, focusing on ensuring your business meets compliance requirements while effectively managing risks associated with data privacy.
We help you build the right processes to mitigate the risk of non-compliance and protect the sensitive data your business handles. By leveraging our thorough expertise in GDPR and international data protection laws, we guide you through practical steps to stay compliant and safeguard your organization’s reputation.
Our Services
1. GDPR Compliance Consulting
Navigating the complexities of GDPR is critical for businesses managing personal data, especially since non-compliance can lead to penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of global turnover. Our consulting services include a detailed review of your current data management systems, identifying gaps in compliance, and implementing a clear action plan to ensure full adherence to GDPR requirements. We help you maintain compliance with the necessary documentation, policies, and controls to avoid regulatory scrutiny.
2. Cross-Border Data Transfers
When your business handles data across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with international data protection laws becomes a significant challenge. We offer guidance on managing cross-border data transfers, helping you navigate complexities like Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). We ensure that your organization remains compliant with regulations like the GDPR’s restrictions on transferring data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
3. Data Protection Audits
Through our detailed data protection audits, we evaluate your data processing activities, data storage systems, and security measures. We identify areas of vulnerability that could expose your organization to data breaches or non-compliance penalties. After assessing your current practices, we provide a detailed report with actionable recommendations and ensure that you have the necessary policies and controls in place to meet compliance requirements.
4. Data Breach Response and Management
Data breaches are inevitable for businesses that process sensitive data. Our services include creating strong data breach response plans customized to your business’s specific risks. We guide you through immediate steps such as breach detection, notification to regulatory bodies, and communication with affected individuals. By implementing our strategies, you minimize the impact of a breach and ensure compliance with reporting timelines, mitigating the risk of significant fines.
5. Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
A DPIA is crucial when launching projects that could impact data privacy, such as introducing new technologies or processing sensitive data. We assist in conducting thorough DPIAs, ensuring that all privacy risks are identified, documented, and mitigated early in the project lifecycle. With our guidance, you’ll be able to assess whether your business operations align with data protection principles, ensuring the protection of individual rights and helping you avoid regulatory issues down the line.
6. Privacy Policy Development and Review
Having a clear, transparent privacy policy is essential for compliance with data protection laws. We help businesses create or update privacy policies that are legally sound and user-friendly. We ensure that your policies cover all necessary points, including data collection, processing, sharing, and retention practices, while adhering to legal requirements across different jurisdictions.
7. Staff Training on Data Protection
Your employees play a crucial role in ensuring data privacy compliance. We offer customized staff training programs that cover key aspects of data protection laws and best practices. By educating your team on the importance of data security and privacy, we help reduce the risk of internal errors, security breaches, and legal violations, ensuring your workforce is prepared to handle personal data responsibly.
8. Data Subject Rights Management
Under GDPR, individuals have specific rights regarding their personal data, including access, correction, and deletion. Our services include helping businesses implement processes for responding to data subject rights requests, such as data access requests and data erasure requests. We ensure your team can manage these requests efficiently while staying within the legal timeframes and requirements set by data protection regulations.
How Our Data Protection Legal Consulting Services Will Solve Your Problems
When your business is involved in handling sensitive data, failing to meet data protection requirements can lead to significant legal and financial consequences. Penalties for non-compliance can cripple your business, not to mention the loss of trust from customers. Our consulting services will provide clear, practical solutions for staying on top of complex data protection requirements.
- Ensure Compliance and Avoid Penalties: By implementing the necessary compliance frameworks, documentation, and procedures, we help you avoid costly fines and penalties.
- Mitigate Data Breach Risks: Our breach response plans and regular audits ensure that your business is prepared to respond swiftly and mitigate any potential damage.
- Achieve Efficient Data Management: We help simplify data collection, processing, and storage procedures, ensuring your business remains compliant with evolving data protection laws without sacrificing efficiency.
We don’t just help with legal compliance; our services enable your business to handle data confidently and securely, reducing risk and building a more reliable, trustworthy relationship with your customers.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Non-compliance can result in significant fines—up to €20 million or 4% of your global annual turnover. It can also lead to reputational damage, loss of customer trust, and legal disputes.
We help you navigate complex international regulations by implementing legally sound solutions like Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs).
A DPIA helps identify and assess privacy risks associated with new projects or processes involving personal data. We assist in conducting DPIAs to minimize risks.
We help you build a proactive breach response plan, ensuring your business is prepared to act quickly and comply with GDPR’s 72-hour reporting requirement.
You may need a DPO if your business processes large amounts of personal data or engages in high-risk processing. We can help assess your need for a DPO and guide you through the process.
We recommend conducting a data protection audit annually or whenever significant changes occur in your data processing activities or technologies.
We provide assistance in responding to data subject requests, ensuring compliance with GDPR timelines and requirements.
Let’s Get Your Data Protection in Check
It’s simple: if you don’t address data protection now, you risk facing significant penalties that could jeopardize your business. Our team of consultants is ready to help you solve your compliance challenges with clear, actionable advice.
Book a consultation today to take the first step toward securing your data and your business. We’ll show you exactly what needs to be done to ensure your business is on the right track. Secure your future—don’t wait until it’s too late.
