Daniel Woods

Daniel Woods

Daniel Woods is principal researcher at Coalition, where he focuses on cyber insurance, risk and coverage innovation. He is also a lecturer in cybersecurity at the University of Edinburgh, researching the economics of security and cyber risk. Woods earned a PhD from the University of Oxford on “The Economics of Cyber Risk Transfer” in 2019, and regularly contributes thought leadership on cyber risk measurement and the cyber insurance market.

How to Protect Your Brand From Web Privacy Lawsuits
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 pm

Many retailers assume that complying with the latest privacy laws or using trusted platforms is enough to stay protected, and that privacy lawsuits are mainly a risk for large national brands. Yet nearly half (43 percent) of recent web privacy claims have targeted businesses in the consumer discretionary sector, with retailers accounting for a significant…