Polly Ralph

Barrister and Solicitor, UK Data Protection Strategy, Legal and Compliance Services, PwC

Polly Ralph currently serves as a Director and member of the leadership team in PwC's Data Protection Strategy, Law and Compliance Services practice. She started her career in data protection/privacy in 2004, as an Investigations Lead at the New Zealand Privacy Commission. Since then, she has worked as a Privacy lawyer at the New Zealand Police National Headquarters, Senior Privacy Counsel at the BBC, and Group DPO at Domestic & General (a UK-headquartered insurance company). Since joining PwC UK in January 2016, Ralph has led large-scale GDPR projects and advised on ePrivacy, marketing, outsourcing, technology and international transfer issues. She has deep experience leading GDPR training sessions, including for PwC's international network of firms.

Know Your Attacker: Lessons Learned from Cybercrime Investigations

Presented by Philip McInerney , Polly Ralph • August 30, 2018

"Know your customer" is a familiar refrain in business circles. But as threat actors grow in number, sophistication and cross-channel schemes, it is increasingly important for organizations to also have a clear picture of their potential attackers - whether they are nation-states, cybercrime gangs or lone...

GDPR: Putting 72-Hour Notification into Action and the 'Right to be Forgotten'?

Presented by Jeremy King , Polly Ralph , Mathew J. Schwartz • July 27, 2017

Status check: With just several months to go until any organization that handles Europeans' personal data must comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or GPDR, how prepared are organizations? While the May 25, 2018, enforcement date is fast approaching, EU privacy watchdogs are continuing to issue...