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Sally Annereau
Sally Annereau

Sally Annereau

Senior Adviser

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Sally is a senior data protection adviser in the Commercial Technology & Data group. She has over 20 years experience of providing advice on data protection and the wider regulatory issues governing the way in which businesses use information. Sally previously worked for six years at the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Data & cyber
Commercial & consumer contracts
Compliance
Contractual, technology, data and IP due diligence in M&A transactions
GDPR compliance
Cyber security & data breaches
Data Governance
External Policies & Practices
HR Data
Health Data
Data Exports
New Digital Products & Data
Privacy Agreements & Transactions
Data Subject Rights
Dealing with DPAs
ePrivacy (cookies)
Marketing & Data

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Life sciences & healthcare
Biotech
Digital health
Health & social care and investors
Life sciences start-ups and investors
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals

CV

Since 2015 Senior Data Protection Advisor, Taylor Wessing
2002 - 2015 Data Protection Analyst, Taylor Wessing
2001 Contract audit project Associate, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
2000 - 2001 Data Protection and Privacy Manager, Engage Technologies
1998 - 2000 Data Protection Manager, Channel 4 Television
1991 - 1997 Information Commissioner's Office

Career

Since 2015 Senior Data Protection Advisor, Taylor Wessing
2002 - 2015 Data Protection Analyst, Taylor Wessing
2001 Contract audit project Associate, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
2000 - 2001 Data Protection and Privacy Manager, Engage Technologies
1998 - 2000 Data Protection Manager, Channel 4 Television
1991 - 1997 Information Commissioner's Office

Publications

Data Protection Handbook, The Law Society, Chapter 4 Notification, 18 November 2008
Practical Commercial Precedents, Sweet & Maxwell, Section W Data Protection, October 2014
The UK Leveson Report and Data Protection, World Data Protection Report, Bloomberg BNA, January 2013
The Guardian, Media network Blog 'Right to be forgotten' proposals, April 2013
EC Data Protection Proposals, Tech Week Europe,  29 April 2013
The Advent of Wearable Technology, World Data Protection Report, Bloomberg BNA, September 2013

Memberships & Associations

International Association of Privacy Professionals
Data Protection Forum
Data Protection Finance Group

Additional languages

English

Experience

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of TravelBird and Pigsback.com

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of Dutch based TravelBird, the online luxury and experience company, and Pigsback.com, the market leading marketplace in Ireland for online hospitality offers.

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Richard Bursby
Tandeep Minhas
Louisa Penny
Graham Samuel-Gibbon
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Creation of a global data protection compliance programme

Just Eat on on its global data protection law compliance project, including multiple challenging jurisdictions such as French data protection law.

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Lucy Lyons
Graham Hann

Reed Elsevier

Reed Elsevier on data protection issues and solutions for international cross border data transfers.

Sally Annereau

A merchant and mobile payment services company

A merchant and mobile payment services company on its expansion into Europe, including applicable law and developing their EU privacy policy.

Sally Annereau

An international social media management services provider

An international social media management services provider on EU cookies compliance, CRM issues and data security management.

Sally Annereau

A leading luxury brand retailer

A leading luxury brand retailer on a range of key data protection matters including on aspects of embedding smart technology into products.

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Sally's news & insights

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Data & cyber

DPDI Bill's proposed changes offer modest support for subject access compliance burden

18 March 2024

by Sally Annereau

Global Data Hub

Can facial recognition technology be the answer to the 'shoplifting epidemic'?

Sally Annereau looks at the privacy considerations around using facial recognition technology in retail spaces.

13 November 2023

by Sally Annereau

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Global Data Hub

Data protection and AI - accountability and governance

Sally Annereau looks at the pillars of accountability and governance for AI systems using or generating personal data

10 July 2023

by Sally Annereau

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