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Biography

Ruth is co-head of Bird & Bird's International Privacy and Data Protection Group. Ruth has extensive experience advising a broad range of organisations on data privacy matters. Ruth advises on the data protection aspects of new products or services and on commercial arrangements involving personal data. Ruth also assists when there has been a personal data breach. Ruth advises clients on their dealings with data protection authorities, with the European Data Protection Board and with those involved in passing new data protection legislation. Ruth has co-written Data Protection Strategy (Sweet & Maxwell), which has just been re-published to take account of the GDPR and UK legislation. Ruth has also edited the Encyclopedia of Data Protection (Sweet & Maxwell) and sits on the editorial board of professional journal Data Protection Leader. Ruth is on the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Ruth assists the Global Alliance on Responsible Genome and Clinical Data Sharing, where she is a member of its Regulatory and Legal Group.