Alexander White

Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda

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Mr. White is a lawyer qualified to practice law in the United States and a former US federal privacy adviser and IAPP Advisory Board member, with experience working in the insurance industry and managing a state government's privacy program.

He holds a variety of privacy, legal, cybersecurity, and risk management qualifications and is a two-time graduate of the University of Georgia (US), with further coursework and study with the Harvard Kennedy School, City University (London) Law School, Law Society of Ireland, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Tsinghua University School of Law (Beijing), and Fudan University School of Law (Shanghai).

Mr. White is the first Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda, appointed in 2020 and charged with establishing The Office of the Privacy Commissioner under the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (PIPA). In June 2024 it was announced that PIPA will come into full effect on 1st January 2025.