“We were extremely excited to win ‘Privacy Team of the Year’ and felt we had a strong submission for the Privacy Culture Improvement Award,” Lee McGirr, Head of Data Protection at Lidl GB told PL&B.

McGirr said that the UK Data Protection team consists of five highly skilled individuals who feel passionate about protecting the fundamental rights of Lidl customers and colleagues.

“We always enable our fast-moving business to achieve its objectives whilst ensuring Privacy by Design principles, providing risk-based advice and providing guidance for new projects and initiatives,” the Lidl entry stated.