WEBINAR DETAILS
Date: 25 October 2023
Time: 2:00 PM UTC
Duration: 60 min
Language: English
Format: Online
This webinar is over - watch on demand here
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Worldwide: Data Privacy Landscape in the EU

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took affect across Europe in 2018, there has been a steady stream of tech and data-related legislation adopted by the European Union (EU) as part of its broader Data and Tech Regulation strategy. This includes the Digital Services Act (DSA) launched in 2022, upcoming measures like NIS2 to boost cybersecurity, and other pending regulations such as the AI Act and the ePrivacy Regulation.

Establishing Europe as a global leader in the data economy is the aim of the European strategy. It focuses on encouraging and fostering data governance, data access, as well as sharing and reusing data, while ensuring high levels of privacy and protection of data and users.  

These existing and proposed legislations are exclusive and each subject to their own specific developments, at every level: substantive application, governance practices, enforcement.  However, they can also interrelated to varying degrees, depending on the sector to which these legislations are being applied.

Join our expert panel featuring Alejandro Guerrero, Minesh Tanna, Sarah Bailey, and Jérémie Doornaert as they as they explore the variety of the issues businesses are facing due to the evolving landscape of tech regulations in the EU and solutions to be considered in the interplay between GDPR, the DSA and the AI Act.

Key takeaways

Those attending the session will gain insights into the following:

- The background leading up to the shift in GDPR key obligations and how AI triggers data privacy / GDPR considerations;

- The Governance requirements and issues faced by clients and how it affects their organisation;

- How to respect GDPR while operating AI, and how GDPR compliance can help with the AI Act compliance; and 

- The data protection implications of DSA obligations.

SPEAKERS
Alejandro Guerrero

Alejandro is a partner in our EU Competition Law and Tech Regulation practice based in Brussels and Madrid. He specialises in antitrust and commercial regulation, compliance, investigations and litigation, in a variety of sectors including TMT, energy, consumer products and e-commerce.

Specifically, Alejandro advises clients on the interplay between competition law and the GDPR, cybersecurity, and other related aspects of EU tech and platform regulations, including the DMA and DSA. He has had first-hand and material involvement in important competition cases in the TMT sector, including two of the four Google EU investigations since 2010, and two four-to-three mergers in the telecoms sector.

He is also CIPP/E certified, and has completed numerous GDPR compliance projects for his clients since 2017.

Minesh Tanna

Minesh is a Partner in the firm’s Disputes & Investigations team and is also the firm’s Global AI Lead.

Minesh’s practice focuses on contentious commercial and regulatory issues, principally in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sector. He has represented numerous TMT clients on litigation, arbitration and investigation matters (including tech regulatory and data privacy investigations).

Minesh has acted on complex disputes relating to technology equipment, telecoms equipment, IT services / outsourcing, software development, licensing and maintenance, cloud services, AI and media rights.

Jérémie Doornaert

Jérémie is a Managing Associate in our Dispute Resolution group in Brussels.

As the Brussels offices data protection expert, Jérémie advises clients on complex data protection and privacy issues including but not limited to full audit of processing activities, deploying GDPR compliance program, drafting all types of documents to ensure GDPR compliance and training relevant stakeholders.

Sarah Bailey

Sarah is a French-qualified lawyer as well as solicitor of the Superior Courts of England and Wales.

She holds a Certificate in Intellectual Property (trademarks, designs and models) from the Centre Robert Schuman at University of Strasbourg.

She advises on all the aspects involved in the creation, exploitation and protection of trademarks, design rights, copyrights and domain names, dealing with both contentious and non-contentious matters. Sarah also advises on data protection and privacy and has guided clients through their GDPR implementation projects, particularly in the health and financial sectors. 

FREE News Alerts
Sign Up for our free News Alerts - All the latest articles on your chosen topics condensed into a free bi-weekly email.
Upcoming Events
Mondaq Social Media