Tom FordAssociate

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tom.ford@lewissilkin.com

After studying in Bristol and completing my training in London, I joined the Employment, Immigration and Reward division as an Associate.

I deal with all aspects of employment law and have a particular interest in data privacy, focusing on workplace data. I advise on a host of issues including disciplinary situations, sickness absence and capability, disability discrimination and redundancy. I regularly represent employers in unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims. I have a particular interest in employment litigation and discrimination law.

Data & Privacy

I regularly help employers with data protection issues including assisting with ICO complaints, drafting privacy notices and policies, conducting privacy impact assessments and data protection audits, and advising on data subject access requests.

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Data breaches under the GDPR - will the sky come crashing down on British Airways?

11 September 2018

Between 21 August and 5 September, British Airways (“BA”) suffered a data breach - in essence, its systems were “hacked”. This has affected the personal data of around 380,000 individuals. Following an announcement through BA’s Twitter account, the story was quickly picked up by mainstream media outlets, demonstrating the significant publicity that such events can generate in a short space of time.

Greater clarity on data subject access requests

30 March 2017

A recent Court of Appeal decision has given clarity to data controllers in terms of the grounds on which they may refuse a data subject access request (“DSAR”), although the position is not always a helpful one.