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Asters and IT Ukraine Association held webinars on Global Legal Support for Ukrainian IT
Organized by: IT Ukraine Association

In November 2023, Asters together with the IT Ukraine Association held webinars within Global Legal Support for Ukrainian IT project. The main goal is to help IT companies establish, develop and scale their business in Ukraine and abroad.

Recently, legislation on cybersecurity, data protection and digital security, which are inextricably linked, has received increasing attention. The legislation of the EU and EU countries on cybersecurity, data protection and digital security will apply to the business of Ukrainian companies if they have a direct presence in the EU.

The first webinar on cybersecurity, data protection and privacy regulation in the European Union was moderated by Asters Partner Yuriy Kotliarov. Speakers:

  • Jakub Baranski, Partner at Wardyński & Partners (Poland), presented the EU cybersecurity and data protection regulatory framework and its impact on IT companies. He also paid attention to the regulations governing cybersecurity in Poland. The presentation is available via the link.
  • Ihor Malchenyuk, Cyber security management and data regulation expert, Head of Customer Solutions at Cossack Labs, spoke about practical aspects of compliance with cybersecurity requirements. The presentation is available via the link.
  • Oleksiy Baranovskiy, President of Kyiv branch of the representative office of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), spoke on security by design trends. 

The webinar recording is available via the link.

During the second webinar "International data transfers: European and Ukrainian views" the speakers, Asters Partner Julia Semeniy and Senior Associate at Thommessen Law Firm Nikolai Rekman, spoke about the legal aspects of international data transfers, in particular:

  • the importance of personal information security according to the high standards of GDPR
  • necessity to evaluate the impact of data transfer from the EU to Ukraine onto the data protection
  • Ukrainian legislative provisions and business practices that may be helpful to conduct the evaluation
  • supplementary data protection measures to be taken to enable the transfer

The presentations are available via the link. The webinar recording is available via the link.

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IT Ukraine is the largest national association of IT companies that unites and represents the interests of over 80,000 IT professionals in Ukraine.

Asters is the largest full-service law firm in Ukraine with offices in Kyiv, Brussels, London, and Washington, D.C. The firm has access to over 125 jurisdictions through a well-developed network of partner law firms. Asters and its lawyers consistently receive recognition by the leading international rankings, namely Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 EMEA, IFLR1000, GAR1000, GCR100, The Lawyer, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal.

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