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Arbitrators’ Cybersecurity and Data Protection Checklist: Legal and Technical Guidance, GDPR/NIS 2 Considerations, and Procedural Orders from Pre-Appointment through Evidence, Hearing, Award and Post-Award

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The Checklist seeks to outline the principal actions that arbitrators should consider across the entire course of a proceeding, beginning with appointment and the first procedural order and ending with delivery of the award and completion of their obligations. It offers direction on the types of provisions that may feature in procedural orders addressing data security throughout the duration and lifespan of an arbitration. Please be mindful, in light of the evolving cybersecurity ecosystem and applicable laws and regulations, that this is not an exhaustive catalogue. Rather, the checklist functions as guidance on best practice and clarifies the considerations that may arise at each milestone.

Arbitration phase: pre-appointment of the Tribunal

Legal Steps

  • Safeguard your digital identity so you are seen as independent and impartial, notwithstanding the difficulties posed by an online presence. Refer to: Checklist for Arbitrators on the Use of Social Media and the Duty of Impartiality—the cybersecurity approach to arbitration.

Technical Steps

  • Adopt appropriate cybersecurity practices for everyday use of email accounts, passwords, and online platforms when working with case materials supplied by the arbitral institution, and when communicating with the institution, fellow arbitrators, and the parties...
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Cemre Kadioglu Kumtepe
Cemre Kadioglu Kumtepe

Cemre is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Leicester working on blockchain and smart contracts in online dispute resolution. She is a member of the Istanbul Bar and the New York Bar. She is an accredited mediator in Turkey. She holds an LLM degree from Georgetown University and LLB from Bilkent University. She is interested in the intersection of technology and law. She volunteers for CyberArb, an organization established to raise awareness about cybersecurity in international arbitration....

Joel Evans
Joel Evans

Joel Evans is a Trainee Solicitor in Mourant’s Litigation team based in Jersey.He is a CEDR Accredited Mediator, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Accredited Tribunal Secretary. Prior to joining Mourant, Joel worked at CEDR and the Beijing office of a leading Chinese law firm where he worked on various international arbitrations and cross-border disputes....

Robert-Razvan Iatan
Robert-Razvan Iatan

Recent university graduate, part of CyberArb's publications team.Previously a Speaker for the University of Leicester at the 30th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.Also spoke on the Think Commercial podcast, and previously the Solicitors' Representative at the University of Leicester Law Society. ...

Wendy Gonzales
Wendy Gonzales

+7 years of experience as a legal counsel (lawyer) at all-size international tech-companies and organisations. Passionate about cyber-resilience and its intersection with legal challenges. Business acumen and a creative solutions maker. Global footprint in America, Asia, and Europe. Founder of CyberArb.com, a worldwide NGO with a cross-functional approach aiming to mind the gap between cyber/tech and law/ADR. Certified professional by the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School Programme on Cyber Security....

Carolina Mauro
Carolina Mauro

Carolina Mauro is a dual qualified Italian avvocato and solicitor of England & Wales.After graduating cum laude at the Faculty of Law at Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy), she moved to London in 2019 and took an LL.M at Queen Mary University of London, from where she graduated in 2020 with distinction with a dissertation on “Administered Investment Treaty Arbitration along the Belt and Road: Status Quo and Possible Developments”.Since then, she worked on different roles at the intersection of international arbitration and new technologies, including GDPR related matters. Currently, she is working as Legal Counsel at Permutive, an ad-tech company on a mission to provide a privacy-safe infrastructure for publishers and advertisers.Since 2020, she is a member of the Executive Board at CyberArb, a multidisciplinary initiative aiming to raise awareness on cybersecurity issues in the field of...

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