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Jonathan Pillinger Cork,
Group Data Protection Officer

UK

Jonathan Pillinger Cork is the Data Protection Officer for the Aztec Group, where his responsibilities include oversight of the way Aztec manages and handles personal data. Jonathan’s role also includes improving policies and procedures, responding to internal and external queries, and advising the business on new data processing best practices, or incidents.  

Jonathan leads Aztec’s relationship with data protection regulators, as well as the management of serious data protection incidents and the review of new processing through our data protection impact assessment process.  

Jonathan ensures clients have all the information they need about how Aztec manages personal information, and that the information provided is as fulsome and accessible as possible, answering any questions they may have. 

Background and experience

Prior to joining Aztec, Jonathan was Global Senior Data Privacy Manager at Specsavers for two years, before which he was Head of Data Protection and Data Protection Officer at University Hospital Southampton.  

In these roles, Jonathan’s main responsibilities included implementing the introduction of GDPR, as well as leading on all aspects of data protection in these organisations. 

Qualifications and professional affiliations

  • Degree in International Politics and Intelligence Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth 
  • Masters Degree in Political Theory from the University of Nottingham 
  • Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection 
  • Certified Implementor of ISO27001 

Outside of the office

In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys cooking, running and spending time with family and friends, including watching his son play football. Interestingly, his family once found Zac Goldsmith’s parrot, which resulted in him giving them a £1,000 reward! 


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