Anya Proops KC

Barrister at 11KBW

Speaker

Anya Proops KC is a leading technology and media barrister. She was named “Media, Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection Silk of the Year” at the 2021 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards and is listed as a “Star Individual” in the data protection section of Chambers & Partners 2024. Anya is also listed as a “Band 1 Silk” in the Group Litigation section of Chambers & Partners 2024 in recognition of her work in the field of data privacy class actions. Anya has a particular interest in the technology sector, and she regularly acts for technology companies in the context of data disputes. Her recent cases include: Facebook v ICO (Anya represented Facebook in the context of its appeal against the penalty issued by the ICO in connection with the Cambridge Analytica affair) SMO v TikTok (Anya represented TikTok in the context of a representative/class action brought against TikTok in connection with its handling of children’s data on the TikTok platform); TikTok v ICO (Anya is representing TikTok in the context of its appeal against the monetary penalty issued by the ICO in response to its handling of children’s data on the platform); Clearview AI v ICO (Anya represented Clearview AI in the context of its appeal against the penalty and enforcement notice issued by the ICO in connection with Clearview’s facial recognition service).