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Organisations that hold and process personal data gave a lot of thought to how they protect it, and how they respect peoples’ rights, when GDPR came into force in 2018. Six years later, many are asking whether they’re still doing everything necessary to ensure compliance. A particular area where understanding remains somewhat shrouded in mystery is ‘privacy by design’ both in terms of what it means in practice, as well as how risk managers can determine whether it’s true of systems used within their organisations.
Simon joined Waterstons after a wide-ranging career spanning occupational and criminal psychology, through to market and social research.
His reputation as an entrepreneurial fixer was built through roles as varied as behavioural therapist, computer programmer, data analyst, operations director and leadership team member.
Over recent years Simon has found his niche in data protection and information security such that joining Waterstons was a logical next step for him.