Inside Data Protection Authorities: Inner Workings and Current Developments

Format: Panel · Required preknowledge: Beginner · Room: EG08
Time: 10:00–11:00
Topics: Data Protection & Privacy

The panel provides the audience with interesting insights on the inner workings of data protection authorities (DPAs) and their cross-border collaboration. It further focuses on different current developments in the field of data protection supervision, including but not limited to the impacts of German and EU reform efforts, DPAs receiving record numbers of complaints, and the rapid technological advancements we are witnessing today. The panel features the President of the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the former Deputy Director of the Bavarian Catholic DPA, who is now the Global Data Protection Officer of a multinational corporation with over 18,500 employees worldwide. The panel will not only cover the subject matter from the DPA point of view but also from a business perspective, while focusing on practical implications and key takeaways of the discussed topics and developments for businesses.

Speakers: Michael Will, Michael Olma, Daniel Ashkar