Carolyn Bigg heads DLA Piper’s APAC data privacy and cybersecurity teams.

Carolyn is an experienced data protection lawyer, focusing on China and APAC data compliance, and international data transfers. Carolyn advises businesses on the best practice approach to navigating regional and international data privacy compliance, to help them seize opportunities to make the most of their data and digital opportunities in APAC within a compliant governance framework. 

She also has extensive experience of managing data incidents across the APAC region, including notifying affected individuals; reporting to privacy and industry regulators; responding to follow up regulatory investigations; liaising with forensic technology consultants, cyber insurers, and credit agencies; and supporting remediation and compliance programme update activities. Her experience gives her clients the benefit of on-the-ground practical advice to navigate the realities of enforcement priorities and risks in different Asia jurisdictions.

Carolyn is a member of IAPP’s Asia Advisory Board.

As a result of her leading work and outreach in the field, Carolyn has been recognized as a leading TMT and data practitioner by publications such as Legal 500 and Chambers. She was named in the inaugural “Women in Data” list by Global Data Review in 2019 and is ranked Pre-Eminent by Doyle’s Guide. She is regularly quoted in media publications, including the BBC and the FT.