Data protection issues on commercial transactions

Resource type: Practice note

Status: Maintained

Jurisdictions: England, Wales

This note considers how UK data protection legislation affects commercial transactions and, in particular, data relating to employees.

Robert Sumroy and Rebecca Cousin, partners, and Natalie Donovan and Cindy Knott, professional support lawyers, Slaughter and May

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Resource ID: 5-200-2146
Products: IP&IT, PLC UK Commercial, PLC UK Corporate, PLC UK Employment, PLC UK Law Department, PLC UK Pensions, PLC UK Public Sector
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Asset AcquisitionsAsset Acquisitions (http://commercial.practicallaw.com/5-103-1079)
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Joint VenturesJoint Ventures (http://commercial.practicallaw.com/8-103-1308)
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Transfer of Shares: EmploymentTransfer of Shares: Employment (http://commercial.practicallaw.com/7-103-1224)
Transfer of UndertakingsTransfer of Undertakings (http://commercial.practicallaw.com/4-103-1225)

Practice note: overview

Overview of UK data protection regime Overview of UK data protection regime (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic7-107-4765)
TUPE: overview TUPE: overview (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-202-1704)

Practice notes

Cross-border transfers of personal data Cross-border transfers of personal data (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic0-201-5764)
Employee due diligence issues on transactions Employee due diligence issues on transactions (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-200-2155)
Employment: share purchases Employment: share purchases (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-107-3758)

Standard document

Fair processing notice: asset purchases Fair processing notice: asset purchases (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic6-102-4238)

Standard clauses

Data processing clauses (pro-controller) Data processing clauses (pro-controller) (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-210-4966)
Data protection clause Data protection clause (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic8-200-2079)
Outsourcing agreement: employment provisions Outsourcing agreement: employment provisions (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic4-204-5009)

Checklist

When is data "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998?: checklist When is data "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998?: checklist (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic9-376-4246)

Article

Data protection aspects in an outsourcing transaction Data protection aspects in an outsourcing transaction (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic1-502-5146)

Data protection issues on commercial transactions

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