Stewart Room
President, National Association of Data Protection Officers
Stewart has over 23 years’ experience as a Barrister and Solicitor, focusing for the last 13 years on technology and communications. He specialises in the field of data protection and information management, including the commercial exploitation of data, the security of data, regulatory investigations and litigation arising from the misuse of data. Stewart is rated as a leading individual in data protection by Chambers UK, who says he “is the kind of lawyer who inspires confidence” and “he is an excellent, first-rate, tactical lawyer.”
He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer and Communications Law and he is a past winner of the Financial Times Legal Innovator of the Year Award, for his work with global IT companies on “Privacy Enhancing Technologies”. Stewart is also a Director of Cyber Security Challenge UK and the President of the National Association of Data Protection Officers. He has written three leading textbooks on information law including “Butterworths Data Security Law and Practice”.