Hunton & Williams announces its participation with the Global Legal Group in the publication of the third edition of the book The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2016. The guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations relating to data protection. Bridget Treacy, partner and head of the UK privacy and cybersecurity practice, served as the contributing editor of the guide and co-authored the UK chapter.

Several other global privacy and cybersecurity team members also prepared chapters in the guide, including the opening chapter on “Preparing for Change: Europe’s Data Protection Reforms Now a Reality.” The chapters on Belgium, China, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States were written by David Dumont (Belgium), Claire François (France), Chris D. Hydak (United States), Stephanie Iyayi (United Kingdom), Judy Li (China), Manuel E. Maisog (China), Wim Nauwelaerts (Belgium), Anna Pateraki (Germany) and Aaron P. Simpson (United States).

Read the full news release.