ERA: Annual Conference on European Data Protection Law 2018 - Focus on the GDPR in a commercial context
Section
InfoSociety
Event Location
Brussels
Event Description
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The conference aims to provide legal practitioners and data protection specialists with the necessary guidance on how to combine data subject rights provided by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with the demands of the contemporary economy. It will offer an opportunity to discuss with key legal experts the challenges and issues at stake.
Safeguarding accountability by means of Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), including the context of profiling and individual decision-making, will also be addressed.
Key topics
- The right to data protection and the demands of the digital economy
- How business (telecoms, IoT) can cope with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles: challenges and best practices
- Legal grounds for personal data processing according to the GDPR, new requirements for data subjects’ valid consent, legal bases for sensitive data processing
- How to safeguard accountability under the GDPR: Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and other new tools and methods
- New data subject rights in the digital economy, including automated individual decision-making and profiling
Speakers
Thomas Bouvé, Director General Policy, EMEA, Business Software Alliance (BSA), Brussels
Prof Paul De Hert, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Piotr Drobek, Deputy Director, Department of Social Education and International Cooperation, Office of the Polish DPA, Warsaw
Stefano Fratta, Big Data & BI Legal Director, Telefonica CCDO*, Madrid
Lise Fuhr, Director General, European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association,* Brussels
Orla Lynskey, Assistant Professor of Law, London School of Economics
David Martin Ruiz, Senior Legal Officer, The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), Brussels
Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission, Brussels
Diego Naranjo, European Digital Rights, Senior Advisor, Brussels
Mario Oetheimer, Head of Sector, Information Society, Privacy and Data Protection, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Vienna
Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Assistant Supervisor, European Data Protection Supervisor, Brussels
Ulrich Wuermeling, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, Frankfurt/ London; Visiting Professor Queen Mary University of London
Language: English
Organiser: Magdalena Kędzior
Event number: 418R21
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