Peter Church

Senior Technology Counsel at Linklaters

Speaker

Peter is an experienced technology lawyer. He originally studied Computer Science at Cambridge and has 20 years’ experience advising clients on the challenges raised by new technology.

Peter is an expert in data privacy, ePrivacy and cyber security, speaking at industry panels, as well as leading on many Linklaters’ hosted client facing roundtables and panels. He is frequently quoted in the media and has appeared in interviews on BBC World News and CNN.

Most recently, Peter was on secondment to the Information Commission Office, working in the Technology Policy team on a range of topics including Adtech and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He is the co-author of Linklaters’ AI Toolkit, Linklaters’ Guide to the GDPR and is the editor of Data Protected, a review of data protection laws in 55 jurisdictions around the world.

He is also the author of the PLC practice notes on Good Faith and on Endeavours Clauses.