Noel Kealy

• Technology

• Advising organisations on their engagement with regulators. These engagements range from general enquiries and user / data subject complaints to larger investigations and statutory inquiries, and cover a wide span of subject matters and issues in the privacy and data security space, as they intersect with broader legal and societal issues, including the ever-changing regulatory and technological landscape that these organisations operate in. This work includes advising on a large number of DPC statutory inquiries where favourable decisions have been reached for the client concerned.
• In this context, Noel has a wealth of experience in dispute resolution and settlement strategies, which includes negotiating the suspension of live investigations to facilitate further and ultimately successful settlement talks.
• Advising clients on legal compliance more generally, which includes key GDPR compliance but extends to broader considerations such as ePrivacy and DSA compliance. The broad range of work here includes foundational / bedrock compliance work, for example ensuring that core GDPR practices and policies and related documentation (privacy notices, records of processing activities, data protection impact assessments, personal data breach registers etc) are in place and compliant, as well as discrete advices relating to specific, often technical issues which require more nuanced analysis.

A range of organisations in the public and private space, including sporting bodies, social media platforms and accommodation service providers.

Education

• Trinity College Dublin, Bachelor of Laws (LLB, Law)

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland