Every business runs on personal data, and the everyday cost of getting it wrong is not the fine.
It is the procurement questionnaire you cannot answer, the deal that stalls in due diligence, and the scramble when someone asks for a copy of their data and a one-month clock starts running. The law has also moved. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 made the most significant changes to UK data protection since the GDPR arrived, so documents written a few years ago are due a proper look rather than a light dusting.
Data protection work covers how your business collects, uses, shares and holds personal data.
We help with:
- Data Protection Health Checks;
- data processing agreements and supplier contract terms;
- data protection impact assessments;
- privacy notices, policies and retention schedules;
- subject access and other rights requests;
- international data transfers;
- direct marketing under UK GDPR and PECR; and
- training and DPO support.
Our approach is proportionate. You are not a bank, so we will not build you a bank’s compliance programme. We work out what your business actually does with data, fix the gaps that carry real risk, and leave you with documents and processes your team can follow, and a position you can describe honestly to a customer, an employee or the ICO.
Our data protection services
From GDPR compliance and privacy policies to managing data risks, explore how we can help protect your business and keep you compliant.
Ways of working together
Fixed-fee projects
A single, defined piece of work for an agreed fixed fee, communicated before we engage. Reviewing a contract, drafting your terms, handling a negotiation.
No surprises and no hidden fees
Flagship Subscription
Ares Access
Ongoing support on a fixed monthly subscription, for businesses that need commercial legal input regularly rather than as the occasional one-off.
- Dedicated lawyer
- Fixed monthly fees
- Commercial advice on demand
From £500 plus VAT per month
Legal Health Check
Fixed fee of £2,000 plus VAT
Any questions?
Phone: 02382 420035
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