DPO support, analog data, data in the cloud, sensitive data, GDPR compliance, monitoring, website terms & conditions.

Our Data Protection & Privacy team is able to advise local and multinational companies on all aspects of data privacy, security and information management. Being in the forefront of all current developments, our team has amassed a vast amount of experience and skill in the field, as that reflects to the quality and diversity of our services.

We can advise on a variety of data protection matters, particularly:

  • Drafting of agreements on Data Processing, Disclosure and Confidentiality.
  • Examination of the controls for collecting, processing, storing, retaining and destroying data and providing legal assistance for compliance.
  • Issuance of legal opinions on data protection and e- commerce issues.
  • Drafting or reviewing of privacy policies.
  • Impact assessments in certain personal data processing activities.
  • Legal advice regarding the processing of personal data in the employment context and health organizations and/or companies that are processing sensitive data.
  • Advising on any other data security considerations relating to personal mobile devices and installations of CCTV’S

Contact

Xenia Kasapi Kyriacou

Senior Advocate

Xenia Kasapi Kyriacou

Senior Advocate

+357 25 866 480
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Xenia holds a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Sheffield and a Master of Commercial Law from University of Bristol and has successfully completed a professional course in Arbitration Law at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Cyprus Branch). She is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and a member of Arbitrators in the Charted Institute of Arbitrators.

She is also a PhD candidate in the University of Cyprus and her research topic examines the area of Intellectual Property.

Xenia is the Head of the Intellectual Property & Data Protection Department, specialising in Information technology (including e-commerce), data protection, intellectual property and commercial law. Xenia gained international expertise whilst dealing with multiple legal issues in various jurisdictions worldwide and currently has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions, corporate and commercial law, intellectual property, liquidation proceedings and data protection matters. She advises on privacy related issues across all industries in the likes of communication companies, pharmaceutical and health care organizations, IT and software licensing and development and cloud computing. Xenia is also assisting companies with establishing and maintaining data privacy and security compliance matters and is drafting and reviewing commercial transaction documents.

Xenia regularly contributes on articles publications. She was the author of Cyprus Investments Funds Association (CIFA) (Articles 2018, 2019) and she also contributed to other publications published in Mondaq, one of which was awarded and ranked as very popular in the topic of Data Protection Law.

Xenia has also participated in lecture programs on data protection, commercial law and intellectual property. She is a lecturer on Business Law and lectures to undergraduates at Cyprus College supported by the European University Cyprus.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Laws, The University of Sheffield
Master of Laws, University of Bristol
MCIArb

MEMBERSHIPS

Cyprus Bar Association
Charted Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Publications

Contributions - 17 Jul 2024

8th Edition of the ICLG Fintech 2024

Articles - 25 Jan 2024

Navigating the Digital Services Act: Innovation and Accountability

Contributions - 17 Jul 2024

4th edition of the ICLG Digital Business 2023

Contributions - 17 Jun 2022

3rd edition of the ICLG Digital Business 2022

Contributions - 10 Jun 2021

2nd edition of the ICLG Digital Business 2021

Legal Briefings - 10 Nov 2020

How to protect your customer's personal data

Articles - 28 Aug 2020

Countdown to the New Data Protection Law

Legal Briefings - 10 Nov 2020

Data Protection

Legal Briefings - 10 Nov 2020

CCTV'S at the workplace

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