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Timed to coincide with the conclusion of the negotiations of the EU GDPR the conference will bring together EU regulatory experts with Silicon Valley business leaders and privacy professionals in a convenient downtown San Francisco for a combination of keynotes, expert panels and practical workshops.
Register today to hear first hand what’s in the Regulation (and what’s out) and gain practical advice on next steps to ensure compliance and how to brief the Board.
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a conference on January 14, 2016 to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including whitehat researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, academics, and a range of government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security. PrivacyCon will include brief privacy and security research presentations, along with expert panel discussions on the latest privacy and security challenges facing consumers. Whitehat researchers and academics will discuss the latest security vulnerabilities, explain how they can be exploited to harm consumers, and highlight research affecting consumer privacy and data security. During panel discussions, participants will discuss the research presentations and the latest policy initiatives to address consumer privacy and security, develop suggestions for further collaboration between researchers and policymakers, and highlight steps that companies and consumers can and should take to protect themselves and their data.
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“Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008, as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration in Europe. The Day commemorates the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Data Privacy Day is a celebration for everyone and held on January 28th every year.”
More information can be found here.
The International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy aims at creating a meeting point for researchers and practitioners that address security and privacy challenges that concern information systems, especially in organizations, including not only technological issues but also social issues. The conference welcomes papers of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications addressing all aspects of security and privacy, that concerns to organizations and individuals, thus creating new research opportunities.
Preparing for and Implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation
FTC’s PrivacyCon: Lessons Learned. In January, the Federal Trade Commission brought together researchers and policy makers to explore cutting edge research on consumer privacy—research that is likely to shape privacy regulators’ policies and priorities for years to come. Join us for a discussion of the research that communications providers should know about when deciding how to use and protect consumer information, and the regulatory trends that this research may fuel.