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AWO is a B-corp law firm and consultancy operating in Belgium, the UK and Australia.
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Across our Legal, Compliance and Consulting teams we offer intersecting services to support you.

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- Legal
  AWO is a law firm authorised in England & Wales providing a full range of advice on technology law and data rights.
- Compliance
  Navigate complex legal, technical and organisational frameworks, making data protection meaningful to the organisations.
- AI Governance and Risk
  Helping organisations get ready for AI by supporting their AI governance and risk framework, across a business, legal and ethical perspective.
- Strategic Advice
  Concise, high-impact strategies to respond to complex and fast-changing technology issues
- Data Protection and Privacy Audit
  Identifying your potential data protection or privacy gaps, based on the GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act, Australian Privacy Act among other jurisdictions.
- Investment Due Diligence
  Supporting investors review portfolios across a range of factors to ensure due diligence.
- Human Rights Impact Assessments
  Assessing and determining how an organisation’s projects, policies or decisions can impact individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms
- Consulting
  Delivering specialist public policy advisory and strategic research on emerging technology issues, including AI and open-source technologies.
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Our team works across the world to advise a broad range of clients on what to do with data: from policy design to regulatory compliance, data management to private litigation and enforcement.
- Artificial Intelligence
  Ensuring AI systems respect human rights and operate with fairness, transparency and accountability.
- Online Safety and Platform Regulation
  Building safer digital spaces while preserving essential freedoms and individual autonomy.
- Workers and Technology
  Protecting workforce rights and dignity in an era of increasing technological integration.
- Online Advertising
  Understanding the impact of digital advertising on privacy and consumer rights.
- National Security and Human Rights
  Navigating the complex balance between security measures and the protection of fundamental civil liberties and personal data.
- Biometrics
  Examining how facial recognition and other biometric systems affect privacy, consent, and identity in digital environments.
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Specialists in technology, data, governance and risk

We advise academics and researchers on obtaining and processing research data lawfully and ethically.

Advising the Mozilla Foundation on terms imposed by "very large online platforms" for researcher access to data under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act
Advising university researchers on drafting a code of practice to access data from online platform providers for research purposes in line with the EU GDPR and Digital Services Act
Legal research and analysis for Oxford University’s Oxford Technology and Elections Commission and Oxford Internet Institute on the law of political campaigning in the digital world
Advising Sheffield University academics (funded by UK Research and Innovation) on accessing and using social media data for online harms research

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