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Data Protection

Nick Elverston

Partner, Media, IT and Communications Group,
Clifford Chance, UK

I.                  The Necessity of Rules

Data protection is a very important topic for this audience, in an industry which makes use of personal data about individuals.  Data protection is not the most exciting topic, so the person who ends up doing the work might do so unwillingly, perhaps doing the minimum to meet compliance, though not very wholeheartedly.  Data protection needs to be seen in the context of obligations of confidentiality, human rights, contractual requirements, and restrictions on monitoring.  All these factors combine to control the use that anyone can make of information about individuals. 

II.               The Complexity of Rules

There is a certain level of complexity around data protection rules, which are very tough and could have an adverse effect on how you do business.  Some people see the rules, decide that proper compliance is impossible, and do the best to ignore the rules.  That is a mistake... The rest of the text is available by entering your password on the previous page (proceedings)