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Debbie Pettiford

Debbie is a qualified solicitor and worked for 10 years in private practice before moving into lecturing in Higher Education and setting up her own business offering a Data Protection Officer service to schools and MATs. Debbie offers legal advice regarding data protection tailored to schools and training written specifically for schools’ staff.

Debbie is passionate about ensuring that schools and MATs understand their obligations when it comes to data protection but without this being costly or onerous. To this end, her business has launched DPOCOMS to assist schools with managing the day to day data protection compliance.