Ashley Winton focuses his practice on global data protection and privacy, information governance and cybersecurity compliance. He has particularly in-depth knowledge of cyber breach response, cybersecurity in the context of payment systems, the lawful interception of data, and the conflict of laws in relation to corporate and government investigations and international litigation. 


Ashley frequently represents major corporations, trade associations, charities and government entities on a range of data privacy and cybersecurity issues and he has significant experience in advising on the impact of privacy and cybersecurity law on cloud services, health care and international data transfers. Ashley is annually recognised by Chambers & Partners for UK Data Protection, Information Law, Information Technology and by Legal 500 for Data Protection.
Ashley is a Chairman of the Data Protection Forum, the leading data protection association in the UK.