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Privacy
& Data Protection Journal - Editorial Board
The following persons, all experts in the
field of privacy and data protection, are members
of the Editorial Board of Privacy & Data
Protection journal:
Bridget Treacy leads the UK Data
Protection and Outsourcing practice at
international law firm Hunton & Williams.
She has built considerable expertise in
advising on domestic and international data
protection issues, particularly in the
context of cross-border outsourcing and
technology transactions.
Bridget's
transactional background has ensured that
her data protection advice to clients is
centred on achieving practical, rather than
merely theoretical, solutions to their
privacy issues.
Bridget is the chair of the PDP's Annual Data Protection Compliance Conference. |
Bridget Treacy
Partner, Hunton & Williams
Editor of Privacy & Data Protection Journal
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Kate Brimsted
Of Counsel,
Herbert
Smith LLP |
Kate Brimsted is a
Of Counsel in Herbert Smith's
Intellectual Property Group and has
specialised in Data Protection and
Privacy law for nearly a decade.
She regularly advises clients in the
UK, continental Europe and North
America on a wide variety of data
protection matters, such as
whistleblowing schemes,
international data transfer
solutions, subject access requests
in high value disputes, release of
personal data in the context of
regulatory investigations, internal
privacy and IT security policies and
risk analysis in corporate
acquisitions and disposals. |
Kate is a leading expert on Data
Protection and Privacy law at Herbert Smith,
a founding member and coordinator of the
firm's Data Privacy Group and is a regular
contributor to a wide spectrum of
professional journals on topical Data
Protection and Privacy, IP and IT issues.
She is a solicitor advocate and an
experienced conference speaker. Kate
regularly designs and presents bespoke
professional training for clients on
information law.
Dan Cooper
is a Partner
in the Covington & Burling LLP
London office whose practice area
involves advising on European
privacy and data protection matters,
as well as contentious and
non-contentious intellectual
property work.
Dan advises
clients on compliance with UK and
European data protection and privacy
legislation, including the UK Data
Protection Act, Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act, Human
Rights Act, and related EU
directives, such as the EU Data
Protection Directive and EU
Electronic Communications Data
Protection Directive. |
Dan Cooper
Partner,
Covington & Burling LLP |
He has been involved
in drafting global privacy policies and data
transfer contracts, as well as structuring
and implementing comprehensive data privacy
audits. He has represented clients in
connection with investigations undertaken by
the UK Information Commissioner.
Dan Cooper is a
graduate of Princeton, Oxford and Harvard
universities. He is the author of
numerous articles on intellectual property,
privacy, and data security matters and is a
member of the Law Society's ad hoc group on
data protection.
He has spoken on
intellectual property and privacy issues
before various public and private bodies,
and has represented clients in regulatory
proceedings involving European government
agencies.
Mr. Cooper is a
member of Privacy International's Board of
Trustees, sits on the MI5's Security Forum,
and is a member of CASRO's General Counsel
and Privacy Officer's Forum.
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Rob Corbet
Partner, Arthur Cox
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Rob Corbet
is a Partner
with Arthur Cox, and his practice is
primarily focused on technological
innovation. He has particular
experience in data protection,
advising many of Ireland's largest
companies.
He is also a leading
adviser in the area of sports law
where he advises many significant
players, both domestic and
international.
Rob has been widely
published on IT, IP and related
matters both domestically and
internationally. |
He is a
leading author and lecturer on technology
law in the Law Society of Ireland and is
the editor of
Data Protection Ireland.
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Nick Graham
is a Partner in the TMT Group at Denton Wilde Sapte and is head of the firm’s Information and Privacy Group. Nick specialises in data protection, freedom of information and privacy laws. Nick has acted for many public sector bodies including government departments, agencies and other public bodies on internal compliance procedures and the management of data risk including data security. Nick also specialises in IT, e-commerce and major technology transactions including PFI / PPP. He was formerly in-house Counsel with Royal & Sun Alliance Group.
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Nick Graham
Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte
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Julie O’Neill
is Of Counsel
to Kelley Drye & Warren's Advertising Law Group.
She couns'sels clients in all areas of
state and federal consumer trade
regulation law, including
advertising, all forms of direct
marketing, consumer credit, and
sweepstakes and other promotions.
Ms O'Neill also
advises clients on compliance with
state and federal privacy and
information security laws, and she
is a regular contributor on privacy
law developments to two privacy law
publications. |
Julie O’Neill
Of Counsel,
Kelley Drye
& Warren |
Prior to joining
Kelley Drye & Warren, Ms. O'Neill was
an associate at Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin &
Kahn in Washington, DC.
She also
served as a staff attorney in the Federal
Trade Commission's New York regional office,
where she investigated violations of federal
antitrust and consumer protection law.
Ms. O'Neill is a graduate of Georgetown
University Law Center.
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Suzanne Rodway
Group Privacy Director,
Legal &
Compliance team at Barclays Bank |
Suzanne Rodway
is currently
Group Privacy Director within the
Legal & Compliance team at Barclays
Bank.
She trained with global law firm
Linklaters, where she qualified into
the Technology, Media &
Telecommunications practice.
In this role she advised clients on
a variety of aspects of IT law but
quickly developed an interest in
global data protection and ecommerce
laws
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an interest which has remained
firmly in place ever since.
This interest led, after completing
a number of years in the practice,
to a move in-house within Linklaters
to advise the firm on its own
privacy and information risk
management issues.
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With the experience
gained in this role Suzanne then undertook a
secondment to Barclays as their interim head
of data protection. She joined
Barclays in December 2006.
In her new role as
Group Privacy Director she has
responsibility for oversight of the group's
compliance with privacy, data protection and
freedom of information laws, worldwide.
Suzanne presents
frequently on privacy issues and writes
regularly on the subject. Additionally, she is the chair of the BBA's Data Protection Advisory Panel.
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Ashley Roughton
is a Barrister
specialising in Data Protection,
Intellectual Property and
Competition and Law at Hogarth
Chambers. He was called to the
bar in 1992 after spending 9 years
as an academic engineer.
In addition
to his legal qualifications, he has
B.Sc and Ph.D in Engineering and an
M.Sc in Economics.
He is an
external examiner for the department
of Commercial Law at Queen Mary
College in intellectual property and
his is a member of the Department of
Economics at City University. |
Ashley Roughton
Barrister, Hogarth Chambers |
He was counsel in
the important data protection cases of Smith
and Johnson, and he regularly advises both
individuals and data controllers in relation
to proceedings before the Court and the
Information Tribunal. His client base
includes institutions as well as individuals
and he also advises in relation to
compliance, data sharing and cross border
transfers.
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Louise Townsend
Senior Associate,
Pinsent Masons |
Louise Townsend
Louise Townsend is a Senior Associate in Pinsent Masons' Outsourcing, Technology and Commercial Group. She specializes in data protection and freedom of information for both the public and private sector. This includes carrying out data protection compliance audits, advising on overseas transfers, processor contracts, information security, information sharing, website compliance and marketing.
For freedom of information she provides advice on handling requests, applying exemptions, conducting internal reviews and handling appeals as well as on records management.
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Louise is a regular contributor to information law and IT publications and speaks regularly on these topics including media engagements and press interviews. She is named as an Associate to Watch in Chambers 2009 with clients having "every confidence in her abilities”.
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Mark Watts
is a Partner at Bristows, specialising in non-contentious IT matters, particularly
transactional matters, such as negotiating software development,
system integration and outsourcing agreements.
He has
particular expertise in relation to E-commerce and data protection.
Mark joined
Bristows in 2003 from IBM, where he was in-house counsel for
more than six years. Mark held many positions within the
IBM Law Department, including Global Data Privacy Counsel,
European Software Counsel and European Business Process
Outsourcing Counsel.
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Mark Watts
Partner, Bristows |
In these and other roles,
Mark gained experience of most forms of transactional and
non-transactional IT matters.
As Data Privacy Counsel,
Mark was responsible for advising on IBM's entry into the EU-US Safe
Harbor arrangement and the development and implementation of IBM's
internal data protection policies, and auditing programmes.
Since joining Bristows, Mark
has introduced the firm's 'Health Check' IT services - fixed price
services designed to enable full compliance with relevant E-Commerce
legislation ( the E-Commerce Health Check ) and Data Protection
legislation ( the Data Protection Health Check ).
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