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The Current Importance of Implementing Data Protection in Uruguay
November 2011
Gabriel Ejgenberg
Partner
Estudio Bergstein
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Uruguay has had data protection laws in place for some time and it is important for those of us that do business in Uruguay to understand those laws, especially as Uruguay is in the process of gaining adequacy status from the EU and will be the host country for the 34th Data Protection Commissioner’s conference in the fall of 2012.
Gabriel Ejgenberg, attorney and partner with Estudio Bergstein in Montevideo, Uruguay, is very experienced in these matters and provides with us with the key highlights for implementing data protection in 2011 and beyond. He highlights the unique aspects of data protection today and in the coming years in Uruguay as well as some of the major risks and more importantly mitigating controls that are necessary for those of us that do business in Uruguay.
Gabriel Ejgenberg has been a partner of Estudio Bergstein since 2007. His practice focuses on corporate and employment law matters. He heads the employment and immigration law department at Estudio Bergstein He was a foreign lawyer with Fox, Horan & Camerini in New York, in 2006, an associate with Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London, between 2006 and 2007 and a foreign lawyer with Holland & Knight, Washington, DC, in 2007. Mr. Ejgenberg routinely advices clients on virtually all aspects of law affecting companies (and non-profit entities) of all sizes and industries. He has advised numerous transnational companies in the establishment or restructuring their operations in Uruguay.
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