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WILLIAM LONG is global co-chair of Sidley’s highly ranked Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and heads the EU Data Protection group. He is also a member of the firm’s top-ranked Crisis Management and Strategic Response team, and he serves on the Steering Committee of the firm’s AI Working Group. William advises international clients on a wide variety of AI, GDPR, cyber incident, data protection, privacy, information security, social media, e-commerce, and other regulatory matters.
William has been a member of the European Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and on the DataGuidance panel of data protection lawyers. He is also on the editorial board of e-Health Law & Policy and also assists with dplegal (“data privacy” legal), a networking group of in-house lawyers in life sciences companies examining international data protection issues.
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William Long is the global co-chair of Sidley Austin's privacy and cybersecurity practice and heads the EU data protection group. He is a respected data protection and cybersecurity practitioner, well versed in compliance, processing, transfers and breaches.
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William is a pleasure to work with. He distils complex matters into easily digestible formats, providing actionable and business-minded advice.
He provides good perspective on matters.
William is highly knowledgeable, patient and responsive, and he is very skilled at breaking down complex ideas and processes for his clients.
William is a pleasure to work with. He distils complex matters into easily digestible formats, providing actionable and business-minded advice.
He provides good perspective on matters.
William is highly knowledgeable, patient and responsive, and he is very skilled at breaking down complex ideas and processes for his clients.