GDPR compliance that keeps your business on track
The UK GDPR asks reasonable questions: what data do you hold, why, is it safe, are you honest about it, and can people exercise their rights.
Businesses get into difficulty not because the standard is impossible but because nobody owns it, so the documents drift ever further from what actually happens.
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 has changed parts of the regime, in places helpfully, which means compliance built a few years ago should be checked against the current law rather than the version it was written for.
Compliance work builds and maintains a data protection position you can defend.
We help with:
- records of processing and lawful bases;
- privacy notices, policies and internal procedures;
- supplier contracts and processing terms;
- security expectations, breach response and the 72-hour reporting question;
- staff awareness and accountability at board level; and
- responding to customer and investor due diligence on data protection.
We keep it proportionate to the business, enough to be defensible, not so much that nobody follows it. The test we work to is whether you could describe your position honestly to a customer, an employee or the ICO without flinching. Where you need the full picture first, start with the Data Protection Health Check.
Our Approach
Legal advice that makes running and growing your business easier.
We start with your business, not the law.
Before we open a document, we want to understand what you are trying to do commercially. The legal answer is only useful if it serves that.
We get to the point.
You get a clear view of what matters and what does not, in plain English, with the real risks separated from the noise.
We give you an answer.
Not a menu of options and a shrug. We tell you what we would do, why, and where there is a genuine judgment call for you to make.
We stay available.
Whether you work with us on a single project or on a subscription, we are here for the follow-up question. We would always rather you asked.
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
Data Protection Health Check
No surprises and no hidden fees
Any questions?
Phone: 02382 420035
