Platform & Data Protection

Legal support within Platform & Data Protection encompasses a comprehensive set of legal and organizational measures aimed at ensuring proper response to personal data incidents (breaches, unauthorized access, infrastructure compromise) and building and maintaining compliance with GDPR, Ukrainian personal data legislation, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and other relevant regulatory frameworks.

This is not merely formal compliance — it is a strategic defense of the company against regulatory sanctions, class actions, and reputational damage.

In the event of a data breach, the first hours and days are critical. The company must operate within a legally controlled and evidence-based process, where every decision may later be reviewed by a regulator or challenged by counterparties or data subjects.

Legal support therefore focuses on:
(i) legal qualification of the incident (whether notification to the DPA is required and whether a risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms exists);
(ii) preservation of the chain of custody;
(iii) coordination of internal, external, and public communications;
(iv) liability minimization through proper documentation and substantiation of decisions.

In such projects, the GOLAW team acts as legal response lead and defense coordinator: shaping legal position, documenting all key decisions, coordinating with IT and cyber-forensics teams, preparing notifications and regulatory responses (DPA, UODO), and designing risk-mitigation strategies through preventive compliance measures, contractual liability allocation mechanisms, and governance procedures.

What we do

• Data breach response: real-time legal incident management, evidence preservation, notification assessment
• Evaluation of notification obligations (regulator/users/counterparties) and development of communication strategy
• GDPR/DSA/DMA compliance (where applicable): gap analysis and remediation roadmap
• Processor/vendor agreements: Data Processing Agreements (DPA), Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC), liability allocation, and incident protocols
• Defense in interactions with Data Protection Authorities and preparation of legal position in investigations or inspections
• Preparation for disputes and class actions: evidence packages, governance documentation, response playbooks
•  • Team training and development of internal incident response procedures