Kuan is Of Counsel in Dentons’ Global Privacy and Cybersecurity group, based in London. Her particular focus is on UK and EU data protection, privacy, e-privacy and cybersecurity laws, but she also has broader tech and data law expertise, especially regarding cloud computing, artificial intelligence/machine-learning and digital services/online platforms.

Kuan works with a broad variety of UK, EU, US, Canadian and Australasian clients, mainly international groups with cross-border operations. Her clients span many sectors, including cloud/technology, financial services and manufacturing. She advises on all aspects of UK and EU data protection, privacy, e-privacy and cybersecurity laws (such as GDPR and the NIS Directive/Regulations), from strategy and compliance to operationalization and ongoing governance, such as compliance programs, risk assessments, legitimate interests assessments, data protection impact assessments/audits, and security and data protection by design and by default; data processing agreements and data sharing agreements; international transfers; cybersecurity compliance, incident response preparedness, incident management and incident/breach notification; privacy and cookie notices/banners; data subject requests, complaints and claims; and regulatory liaison and cooperation.

With computing science as well as law degrees, and having participated in penetration testing training and events, Kuan is particularly well placed to advise on technology- and security-related matters. She was previously a banking, debt capital markets and corporate insolvency lawyer before she moved into technology law.