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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP’s Privacy and Information Law Group
has been listed as one of the top 10 Privacy Law practices in the
world by Computerworld. Eduardo Ustaran was also listed as one
of the top 25 privacy experts in the world.
This was based on a survey of over 400 corporate privacy
professionals participants.
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Eduardo is the head of our Privacy
and Information Law Group and an internationally recognised
expert in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually
qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado.
Eduardo specialises in the legal issues that derive from the use of
information technology and the Internet. He has been named by
Revolution magazine as one of the 40 most influential
people in the growth of the digital sector in the UK.
Eduardo advises on the impact of EU data
protection and e-commerce law on the operational activities of all
types of organisations, including FTSE 100 companies and public sector bodies. He advises a number
of international clients on the adoption of global privacy
strategies. Eduardo regularly manages teams of lawyers across
many jurisdictions and has assisted data protection regulators from
different countries to align their positions and interpretation of
the law.
Eduardo has experience of drafting and
negotiating data protection Binding Corporate Rules, including
advising on the requirements to achieve BCR-status and working
with a number of European data protection authorities in this
area. He also advises on the privacy aspects of offshore
outsourcing.
With regard to the public sector, he has
advised local authorities on the practical implications of adopting
a data protection compliance programme and the steps involved in
adopting a Publication Scheme under the Freedom of Information
Act. He has also advised on the development, implementation
and management of the UK’s leading fraud data-sharing system.
Eduardo is a regular contributor to legal and industry journals
and has taken part in many UK and international speaking
engagements. He is Co-chairman of KnowledgeNet London, editor
of Data Protection Law & Policy and a member of the
Panel of Experts of DataGuidance. Eduardo is
co-author of E-Privacy and Online Data Protection (Tottel
Publishing, 2007) and of the Law Society’s Data Protection
Handbook (2004).