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Alan Goodwin

Alan has over 40years experience in law enforcement engaged in covert Serious Organised Crime operations across the globe managing complex dual-jurisdiction cases, large datasets, and extradition matters. He co-authored the Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Disruption Manual widely used across UK law enforcement.  For over 10 years he has been the UK’s Interpol Data Protection Officer leading on compliance, audit, and training for the UK’s use of the Interpol portal, overseeing access for 43 police forces and other UK entities. He has widespread experience of engagement with the Information Commissioner’s office managing the deletion of large sets of Interpol data following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU as well as Data Breach management and complex data Subject Access Requests. Alan is highly regarded on the global stage delivering best practice workshops to International Data Protection Officers at Interpol’s HQ in Lyon and Fusion centre in Singapore where he subsequently founded and chaired a Five Eyes data management group with the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, focused on collaborative best practices.

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