Gareth Oldale

TLTPartner, Head of Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Gareth is TLT’s Head of Data, Privacy and Cyber Security, specialising in data protection, privacy and information law matters. He provides commercially-focused, strategic advice to a range of clients across the private and public sectors, with much of this in the context of strategically important technology transformation projects. Gareth is regularly instructed to advise on privacy by design projects, strategic policy reviews, big data projects, data ethics matters, direct marketing, law enforcement processing and freedom of information matters. Gareth acts (and has previously acted) as external Data Protection Officer for a number of clients, and has a particular interest in biometrics and live facial recognition technology projects. Gareth’s clients include banks and other lenders, multinational plcs, innovative technology start-ups and fast-growth businesses, central government departments, regulators, policing bodies and other public authorities. He has often contributed to UK Government and European-level consultations.