Data & Privacy Articles
Expert articles and practical legal guides on data & privacy for uk businesses.
How To Value A Small Business In The UK
If you’re wondering how to value a small business in the UK, you’re not alone. Valuation comes up all the time for founders and SME owners - whether you’re selling the business,...
11 April 2026
How UK Businesses Should Handle Data Deletion Requests Under GDPR
If you run a small business in the UK, sooner or later you’ll probably receive a request from someone asking you to delete their personal data (sometimes called a “right to erasure”...
11 April 2026
Free Confidentiality Agreement Template: UK Must-Haves and Common Mistakes
If you run a small business, you’re probably sharing sensitive information more often than you realise - with contractors, suppliers, agencies, potential investors, and even potential buyers. That’s why so many business...
11 April 2026
Service Level Agreements (SLAs): What To Include, How They Work, Common Pitfalls
If you provide services to customers (or rely on a supplier to deliver services to you), you’ve probably come across the idea of a “Service Level Agreement”. For a small business, an...
10 April 2026
Cleaning Contract Template: Key Clauses Every Business Should Include
If you run a small business, hiring cleaners can feel like a simple “tick-the-box” task. You just need the place cleaned regularly, the invoices paid on time, and everyone to get on...
10 April 2026
How To Maintain Business Confidentiality In The UK: Practical Steps & Legal Safeguards
If you run a small business, confidentiality isn’t just a “nice-to-have” — it’s often the thing that protects your revenue, your reputation and your competitive edge. Whether it’s customer data, pricing strategy,...
9 April 2026
What Happens If Confidentiality Is Breached? UK Legal Risks And Next Steps
Confidentiality issues have a habit of surfacing at the worst possible time - during a staff exit, a supplier dispute, a customer complaint, or right when you’re scaling up and sharing more...
9 April 2026
Corporate Mergers in the UK: A Practical Guide for SMEs and Startups
Corporate mergers can be an exciting growth move for UK SMEs and startups - but they’re also one of the easiest ways to inherit risk if you don’t plan properly. Maybe you’ve...
9 April 2026
Solicitor-Client Privilege: What UK Businesses Need to Know
If you run a small business, you’ll eventually deal with a tricky situation where you need legal advice - a dispute with a customer, an unhappy supplier, a staff issue, or a...
9 April 2026
Types of Mergers in the UK: A Guide for SMEs and Startups
When you’re running a small business or startup, “mergers” can sound like something that only happens in boardrooms at huge PLCs. But in practice, merging with another business (or combining operations in...
9 April 2026Employing Freelancers In The UK: Legal Essentials For Employers
Engaging freelancers can be a smart way to grow your small business or startup without committing to permanent headcount too early. You can bring in specialist skills (design, development, marketing, finance, operations)...
8 April 2026
How UK Employers Can Run a Fair, Lawful Workplace Investigation
When an issue crops up at work - a grievance, an allegation of misconduct, a data breach, or a “something’s not right” report from a manager - it’s tempting to jump straight...
8 April 2026Starting And Running An Online Franchise Business: UK Legal Considerations
Running a franchise online business can be a brilliant way to build a scalable venture with an established brand, proven systems, and (often) built-in customer demand. But the legal side can feel...
8 April 2026Trade Secrets: UK Examples And How To Protect Yours
If you run a small business, some of your most valuable “assets” won’t show up on your balance sheet. They’re the things you’ve learned the hard way: how you price, how you...
7 April 2026Social Media Benefits For Business: Key Legal Considerations For UK SMEs
Social media can feel like the closest thing to a “free marketing channel” a small business can get. Used well, it can help you build a community, attract customers who’d never otherwise...
7 April 2026
What Is a Joint Venture in Business? UK Joint Venture Guide
If you’ve found a potential collaborator who has the skills, assets, or market access you don’t - a joint venture can be a smart way to grow faster without taking on everything...
7 April 2026
Sharing Personal Information Without Consent: UK GDPR Rules For Businesses
If you run a small business, you’re probably handling personal information every day - customer emails, employee records, CCTV footage, delivery details, even messages in your inbox. And at some point, you’ll...
7 April 2026
How To Shut Down A Company In The UK: Step-By-Step Guide
Sometimes the best business decision you can make is to stop trading and close your company properly. Whether you’re closing because demand has changed, you’re moving onto a new venture, or you’re...
6 April 2026
How To Transfer Trade And Assets Between Group Companies In the UK
If you run a group of companies (or you’re building one), there often comes a point where you need to move part of the business from one company to another. Maybe you’re...
5 April 2026
Can Managers Discuss Employees With Other Employees in the UK?
If you run a small business, it’s normal for workplace conversations to overlap with people management. A team member asks why their colleague is off. Someone wants to know whether a new...
5 April 2026
UK Cookie Audit: Check Website Cookies for GDPR Compliance (Step-by-Step)
If you run a small business website, cookies can feel like a “set and forget” job. You add analytics, a booking widget, a live chat tool, or a marketing pixel… and suddenly...
5 April 2026
Service Level Agreement Between Two Companies: What to Include and How to Draft One
If you’re a small business that relies on another company to deliver something important (IT support, logistics, SaaS hosting, customer service, manufacturing, marketing - you name it), you’ll know how quickly things...
5 April 2026
How To Add A Reject Cookies Option To Your Website (UK GDPR & PECR)
If your website uses analytics, marketing pixels, embedded videos, live chat, or most third-party tools, you’re probably using cookies (or similar tracking technologies) in one way or another. And if you’re using...
4 April 2026Maximum GDPR Fines in the UK: Penalties, Examples and How to Avoid Them
If you run a small business, GDPR compliance can feel like one of those “big company” problems that somehow still lands on your desk. And when you start hearing headlines about eye-watering...
4 April 2026
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