Bridget Treacy Email & Phone Number

Bridget Treacy is the principal of Tamarillo Consulting, offering business leaders strategic guidance and thought leadership on data privacy, cybersecurity and AI risk and governance. Bridget has over 20 years’ experience as a law firm partner, founding and leading the UK Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice at Hunton Andrews Kurth. She secured the practice a band 1 ranking in the leading legal directory Chambers & Partners and was designated a ‘leading individual’ for 15 years. She was also London Office Managing Partner for 5 years. Prior to Hunton, Bridget was a partner in UK law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, founding its data protection practice and also advising on outsourcing and tech-related transactions. Bridget is particularly recognised for her expertise and thought leadership in advising FTSE100 and Fortune 100 companies on multi-jurisdictional data projects including: • Creating and implementing data privacy governance strategies• Undertaking privacy risk assessments of new technologies (including the use of biometrics and AI)• Advising on complex, multi-jurisdictional cybersecurity breach incidents• Breach preparedness• Structuring cross border data transfer strategies• Policy analysis and thought leadership linked to legislative reform• Advising on regulatory enforcement and defence strategies• Advising on direct marketing strategies• Children’s Data Through Tamarillo Consulting Bridget offers boardrooms and business leaders personalised, practical advice on data governance strategies and thought leadership. Based on her years of deep experience as a trusted DP lawyer for businesses across diverse industry sectors, Bridget helps business leaders cut through complex legal advice to understand and operationalise data risk management strategy. She is available as an independent member for data governance boards. Bridget is a sought after conference chair, speaker and panellist on data privacy, cybersecurity and AI governance topics. During her career, Bridget has contributed to many industry initiatives linked to data privacy including consultations on proposed legislative reform, privacy education initiatives, and mentoring those who are new to privacy and cybersecurity issues.Bridget is Editor of the specialist journal Privacy and Data Protection, to which she is a regular contributor. She is widely published in other industry journals, and has contributed chapters to several specialist privacy texts, including Data Protection Law and Practice, Jay, 6th Edition.