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About
Provided by Anya Proops KC
Practice Areas
Practice Areas: privacy, data protection, technology law, media, group litigation, employment law, public law, sports law. Cases include: Various Claimants v Morrison Supermarket Plc (SC – group litigation, employer vicarious liability); Weaver v British Airways (HC - group litigation data breach case), SMO v TikTok (HC – representative action in respect of TikTok’s handling of children’s data); Facebook v Information Commissioner (FTT – challenge to penalty imposed on Facebook in connection with Cambridge Analytica); Various Claimants v the Labour Party/the Labour Party vs Murphy & Ors (HC – case concerning whether the Labour Party and/or certain of its former employees were liable for the leak of a report on the Party’s handling of antisemitism complaints); Experian v Information Commissioner (FTT – legality of marketing data analytics activities); Clearview v Information Commissioner (FTT – territorial application of UK GDPR to facial recognition service) Vidal-Hall v Google (CA – legality of tracking of internet browsing habits); NT1 v Google (HC - first UK “right to be forgotten” case); Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing (CA - application of subject access regime); Magyar Jeti v Hungary (ECtHR – whether media organisations strictly liable for hyperlinking to unlawful third party content); Zverev v Ace (HC – sports restraint of trade case) Whyte v CBS (HC – legality of publication of boxer’s drugs test results).
Career
Called: 1998.
Appointed KC: 2016.
Publications
Co-founder of the information law blog Panopticonblog.com. Contributor to Tolley's 'Employment Handbook'. Contributor to ‘International Employment Disputes’.
Personal
Cambridge (BA); London School of Economics (PhD); City University (CPE).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Anya Proops KC is recognised as a leader in the data protection field. She assumes leading roles in critical disputes in relation to data breaches, subject access requests and the right to be forgotten. Her clients comprise a broad range of internationally active data controller entities.
Anya Proops KC has an impressive depth of expertise in data protection, media and information law. She is widely viewed as spearheading the move towards the use of the Data Protection Act in the protection of reputation.
Anya Proops KC is a highly regarded silk in the group action space. She has acted in numerous important cases clarifying the law on both group litigation orders and representative actions, typically concerning data privacy. Proops defends tech giants or other major data controllers in such matters.
Anya Proops KC is a well-known silk who can boast wide experience across the spectrum of employment law. She is commended for her expertise in whistle-blowing and discrimination claims, as well as in applications for injunctions, and matters crossing over with data and information law.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anyais a fierce advocate."
"Anya is devastatingly effective counsel."
"Anya is incredibly experienced, strategic and also just such a thorough barrister."
"Anya is acting on many high-profile cyber cases, so she is able to provide strategic insight on how the court will approach certain matters, as well as how claimant firms will approach things."
"Anya is a leading silk in data for a reason: client-friendly, hard-working and collegiate - she is the only person you want on your team."
"She is the leading data protection silk at the Bar."
"Anya has enormous expertise and experience in defending group claims. She has great strategic insight."
"Anya is a real force of nature on urgent matters. Her expertise on data breach cases is first class and she is great to have in your corner."
"Anya is an absolute delight to work with. She is a phenomenal advocate, hard-working and clients love her."
"Anya is one of the best KCs that I have worked with."
"Anyais a fierce advocate."
"Anya is devastatingly effective counsel."
"Anya is incredibly experienced, strategic and also just such a thorough barrister."
"Anya is acting on many high-profile cyber cases, so she is able to provide strategic insight on how the court will approach certain matters, as well as how claimant firms will approach things."
"Anya is a leading silk in data for a reason: client-friendly, hard-working and collegiate - she is the only person you want on your team."
"She is the leading data protection silk at the Bar."
"Anya has enormous expertise and experience in defending group claims. She has great strategic insight."
"Anya is a real force of nature on urgent matters. Her expertise on data breach cases is first class and she is great to have in your corner."
"Anya is an absolute delight to work with. She is a phenomenal advocate, hard-working and clients love her."
"Anya is one of the best KCs that I have worked with."
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