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While much attention has been given to the role of data protection authorities (DPAs), other governmental authorities involved in data protection (such as the European Commission), and company privacy officers (CPOs), the role of data protection lawyers in law firms seems by comparison to be unappreciated. However, private lawyers do in fact play a crucial role in the data protection world. This chapter focusses on their role.
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This article is written from the point of view of a data protection lawyer in Europe who represents multinational companies, and so is concerned mainly with European issues. However, much of the discussion is applicable to data protection and privacy lawyers in other regions as well.
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Or she! The data protection bar includes numerous women lawyers.
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Commission Decision (EC) 2004/915 of 27 December 2004 amending Decision (EC) 2001/497 as regards the introduction of an alternative set of standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, Official Journal L385/74 (2004).
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For example, in the last few years the US periodical Computerworld has conducted a survey of “the best privacy advisers”, see http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9122519. And the UK-based company Chambers and Partners, which publishes directories of lawyers, publishes rankings of leading data protection law firms and lawyers at the global (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Editorial.aspx?ssid=30699), UK (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Editorial.aspx?ssid=29845), and US (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Editorial.aspx?ssid=29083) levels.
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Kuner, C. (2010). The Role of Private Lawyers in the Data Protection World. In: Gutwirth, S., Poullet, Y., De Hert, P. (eds) Data Protection in a Profiled World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8865-9_16
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