Disputes 180 Episode 10: Data Protection in Investigations

Episode 10 examines the data protection considerations when undertaking an investigation. We address the key UK data protection laws, along with aspects of EU law, most relevant to the personal data issues that commonly arise in internal and government investigations. The episode considers how data protection principles interact with employment, criminal and privacy law and highlights the practical challenges that arise when processing personal data in an investigative setting.  

For more information, click here to view our chapter in the GIR: The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations (Tenth Edition): “Data protection: the UK perspective”. Authored by Stuart Alford KC, Harry Fathers and Charlotte Warke, the chapter expands on the legal framework, regulatory expectations and practical issues, touched on in this episode; it provides a deeper dive, for those navigating data protection issues in UK investigations.

Resources:

• Global Investigations Review: Data Protection: The UK Perspective | Paul Hastings LLP
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
• Data Protection Act 2018