Peter Wright

Solicitor & Managing Director, Digital Law. Peter has been advising clients on data protection for over a decade, and he founded Digital Law in 2014 to provide legal and compliance advice to organisations about their activities in the digital technology arena. Digital Law has clients across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and the United States and advises on data protection, GDPR, AI & cybersecurity compliance, along with e-commerce, website compliance, software licensing, privacy and regulatory compliance. He has advised clients in the creative, digital and retail sectors as well as working with clients in the banking, insurance and financial services sectors who are engaged in the supply of goods and services using digital technology. Digital Law has a particular expertise in advising organisations operating in highly regulated sectors such as law, accounting, banking and financial services on how to comply with the requirements of regulators, including the SRA and the FCA. Peter is co-author of the Cyber Security Toolkit for the Law Society of England and Wales. Peter also produces the regular Digital Law Podcast. He is a member of the Expert Advisory Board for the Security, Privacy, Identity, Trust and Engagement Network + (‘SPRITE+’) and is a past Chair of the GDPR Working Group of the Law Society of England and Wales. He is also a past chair of the Chair of the Law Society’s Technology and Law Committee.