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Jon Belcher

Partner in Data Protection & Information Governance

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Jon Belcher is a specialist data protection and information governance lawyer. He provides practical and straightforward advice to enable clients to meet their data protection obligations. Jon’s practice includes advising on novel data projects, carrying out data protection audits and impact assessments, handling complex subject access requests, dealing with significant personal data breaches, and drafting privacy notices.

In addition, Jon has wide experience in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, with a specific focus on data sharing and processing arrangements and data transfers. He regularly delivers bespoke training to clients and publishes articles on information governance issues.

Jon’s clients include a range of private sector companies as well as charities, governmental, regulatory, and other public bodies. He has previously worked for the Information Commissioner’s Office and has spent time on secondment with a major financial services business, a large public sector body, and a significant data analytics business, supporting them on their data protection and information governance compliance programme.

Jon's Experience

  • Assisting a client who had suffered a major data breach, including advising on containing the breach, managing publicity and notifications to the Information Commissioner’s Office and affected individuals
  • Advising a retail client on the use of customer data in the adtech sector, including obtaining appropriate consents, data sharing and data transfer issues
  • Providing strategic advice to a national public body on the provision of remote learning during the Covid pandemic, including provision of services, commercial agreements and complex data sharing issues
  • Delivering bespoke, in-depth data protection training courses for individuals in a large charitable institution, covering topics such as fundraising, employment and management of volunteers
  • Advising a client subject to a formal investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office, including drafting responses to the regulator and advising on possible outcomes to minimise risks for the client

A keen runner, Jon competes at distances from 5km up to marathons and beyond, and also enjoys travelling and visiting new places. Jon speaks somewhat rusty Welsh and is currently learning Spanish. He lives in south Wales with his wife Rachel and their cat, Millie, who frequently upstages him on video calls.

Jon is proud to be a trustee of two amazing charities – Llamau, which supports young people and women experiencing homelessness, and Fareshare Cymru, which redistributes surplus food to charities and community groups.

Jon has a regular monthly column in Business Matters magazine.

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