The Big Interview

‘It’s really challenging to navigate this complex labyrinth of digital law’ – Anna Morgan

Head of privacy and data protection Ireland at Bird & Bird says businesses that require workers to be online are going to have to face a ‘huge tsunami’ of digital legislation

Anna Morgan, partner with Bird & Bird: believes that the safety and privacy of the current generation of children who are growing up online is the next frontier in digital regulation. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Anna Morgan swipes her finger through the air, miming how easily her preschool-aged nephews can use an iPad.

The former deputy commissioner at the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is sitting in the IFSC office of Bird & Bird, an international law firm which set up shop in Ireland last year with Morgan as a co-founding partner.

She believes that the safety and privacy of the current generation of children who are growing up online ...