

Legal Island's annual Northern Ireland Data Protection Update is specifically designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the data protection issues that matter to HR professionals and employers in Northern Ireland.
We set out the most important data protection risks and solutions facing employers and provide practical examples and solutions for you to implement in your organisation immediately.
By the end of this course, attendees will:
This event is aimed at employers and HR professionals with data protection responsibilities and concerns.
Legal Island's annual Northern Ireland Data Protection Update is specifically designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the data protection issues that matter to HR professionals and employers in Northern Ireland.
We set out the most important data protection risks and solutions facing employers and provide practical examples and solutions for you to implement in your organisation immediately.
Christine Quinn, Knowledge Partner at Legal Island welcomes you to today's event.
Effective management of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) is critical for maintaining compliance and building public trust. This session, led by Aisling Taggart, Associate, Pinsent Masons, will address the key challenges identified by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), focusing on practical strategies to improve responses and foster transparency.
This session will tackle:
Paula Hamilton, Senior Policy Officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office, provides an update on the important data protection trends and developments direct from the ICO, including:
Get a cup of something, take a break from the screen, catch up on emails, or whatever you need.
HR professionals can often be faced with complaints, allegations from whistle-blowers and concerns about breaches of policy, which require investigation. Whilst witness evidence will play one part in any such investigation, with so much activity taking place over instant messaging platforms, text and email, how far can an employer go in securing this material? Does this include personal devices?
Laura Gillespie, Partner, Pinsent Masons will discuss:
Following the launch of the Pinsent Masons’ 6th cyber annual report, this session will drill into the statistics of the incidents which Pinsent Masons has handled, and share the trends emerging, to give you practical tips to avoid the common pitfalls.
Anna Flanagan, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons will focus on:
Laura Gillespie and Anna Flanagan of Pinsent Masons set out the most important data protection risks and solutions facing employers and their organisations this year, including:
Here's what our previous attendees had to say about NI Data Protection Update.
Anna has experience of advising on information law with a focus on data protection in both contentious and non-contentious forums. She has experience of liaising directly with the Information Commissioner's Office on behalf of clients and she often delivers training sessions to Boards and Senior Management Teams on data protection compliance.
Laura specialises in regulatory enforcement and advises clients in a range of sectors dealing with compliance issues ranging from data and cyber breaches, internal fraud, corporate crime and health & safety.
Paula Hamilton is a Senior Policy Officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and is based in the Northern Ireland regional office. A law graduate of University of Ulster, Paula spent some time in the legal profession, before moving on to the regulatory sector. She has spent the last seven years at the ICO, engaging with Northern Ireland stakeholders from various sectors on their data protection compliance.
Aisling is an Associate in the Litigation, Regulatory & Tax team based in Belfast. Aisling has a varied practice advising across a range of contentious and non-contentious commercial issues including pension disputes, contractual disputes, data protection and cybersecurity. Aisling has experience providing advice to clients on statutory and regulatory duties, corresponding with regulatory bodies and assisting clients through litigation. In addition to litigation in the High Court and County Court, Aisling also has experience assisting clients in the mediation process.
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