May 142019

DataGuidance by OneTrust Speak to William Long About Data Protection Issues in the Financial Sector

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William Long, partner and global co-leader of Sidley’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, has been working on global data privacy and information security matters for a number of years. In particular, William advises international clients on a wide variety of General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’), data protection, cybersecurity and financial services issues.

DataGuidance by OneTrust spoke with William about data protection issues in the financial services sector, and in particular about approaching compliance with the GDPR, sector-specific challenges, issues around Big Data, and cybersecurity.

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