Ben Hayes is a UK-based consultant working on data protection, human rights and applied ethics in humanitarian action, counterterrorism, international security, border control, policing, and frameworks for research and development. He has conducted data protection impact assessments and devised data protection frameworks for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the European Commission and other public and private sector organizations. He has been retained as a consultant Legal Adviser to the ICRC Data Protection Office since May 2018.