Beyond Compliance: How privacy and competition can be mutually reinforcing
Ardi Kolah BA (Hons), LL.M, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Previously Senior Global Privacy Specialist, Global DPO Office, Dentons and Global DPO, Cohen Veterans Bioscience (New York)
Research by GO DPO® and Henley Business School shows beyond doubt that organisations preparing to change the way they process personal data in the run up to the full implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should focus their efforts on reputation, not merely regulation.
It's easy to dismiss the GDPR as being an exercise in compliance but that overlooks a very valuable opportunity for all organisations to fundamentally review how they can build a deeper sense of trust and confidence with their desired customers, clients and supporters in the wake of the biggest change in data protection and privacy for over two decades.
This is an opportunity rather than a burden and changes required under the GDPR should be used to enhance reputation, innovation and competitiveness rather than stifle it.
On Thursday 26 January 2017, I'll be debating how privacy and data protection play a role driving user choice, whether and how privacy and competition can be mutually reinforcing concepts and exploring the interplay between the EU’s current and future legal landscape; the practices and policies of companies (large and small); and user choice, transparency, and control.
Full details of the Conference Programme are available here and premier sponsors include Henley Business School, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission.