Peter Wright

Solicitor & Managing Director, Digital Law. Peter has been advising clients on data protection for over a decade and founded Digital Law in 2014 to provide legal & compliance advice to organisations about their activities in the digital arena. Digital Law has clients across the UK, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and the United States and advises on data protection, GDPR & cyber security compliance along with e-commerce, website compliance, software licensing, privacy and Freedom of Information Act matters. He has advised clients in the creative, digital and retail sectors as well as working with clients in the banking, insurance and financial services who are engaged in the supply of goods and services using digital technology. Peter is co-author of the Cyber Security Toolkit for the Law Society of England and Wales, a practical compliance guide for law firms, and is co-author of a GDPR practical compliance manual for law firms. A regular speaker at conferences around the world, Peter has spoken at LegalTechTalk 2024, the Nordic Privacy Arena, the European Legal Security Forum, the Lawyer2050 Conference in Tunis and the British Legal Technology Forum. 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.