Data privacy and international investigations - how to get it right

Now that the EU’s GDPR has been in place for three years the areas of high risk are becoming clearer. In the UK the post-Brexit data protection landscape is in its nascence. Meanwhile in China the Personal Information Protection Law has been adopted, the long-awaited and first omnibus personal data protection legislation in China.

In the GIR guide to Data Privacy & Transfer in Investigations 2021/2 experts from Allen & Overy help those involved in investigations adopt a risk-based approach to the rules across 15 jurisdictions, thus ensuring investigations run smoothly.

Keeping abreast of developments on data laws was one of the nine key challenges for in-house counsel identified in the 2021 Allen & Overy Cross-border White Collar Crime and Investigations Review. This guide from GIR will help in-house counsel meet that challenge.