(socialON) Conference discusses implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Companies are required to implement new privacy rules in their business practices. Debate on data transfers to the USA is another issue. Bitkom Privacy Conference on 22 September 2016 in Berlin.
Privacy has become a major social issue in recent years. Data Protection is a basic human right that needs to be upheld. At the same time, though, the digital world has seen a steady rise in new applications and business models that are based on intelligent data processing. And while this is happening, the new data protection rules deciding whether these innovative digital services can or cannot be put into practice are wielded on a national and European level. „At the moment there are two issues that are particularly challenging for companies: implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the debate surrounding the legality of data transfers to third countries outside of the European Union“, says Susanne Dehmel, Head of Data Protection and Security at Bitkom. Bitkom’s international privacy conference will find answers to the most pressing questions: Which changes will the reform of the General Data Protection Regulation bring, and what are the national legislators planning? Does the Privacy Shield create a uniform data privacy standard between the EU and the USA? And which are the most urgent issues that companies and other organisations must address?
The Privacy Conference unites the worlds of business, science and politics to discuss solutions to these challenges. Over 150 participants and more than 30 internationally acclaimed speakers will gather at the Kalkscheune in Berlin-Mitte on 22 September 2016. The keynote speakers will include Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel at Google, Dr Jyn Schultze-Melling, Director for Privacy Policy Europe at Facebook, Paul Nemitz, Director Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship at the European Commission, Ted Dean, U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Administration, and Dr Claus-Dieter Ulmer, Global Data Privacy Officer at Deutsche Telekom.
Click on the following link for information about taking part and the agenda www.privacy-conference.com.
Ihre Ansprechpartner
Maurice Shahd
Press Spokesman
T +49 30 27576-114
m.shahd@bitkom.org
Susanne Dehmel
Head of Data Protection and Security
T +49 30 27576-223
s.dehmel@bitkom.org
Bitkom represents more than 2,300 companies in the digital economy, including more than 1,500 direct members. With more than 700,000 employees, our members generate a domestic turnover of 140 billion euros each year, exporting high-tech goods and services worth another 50 billion euros. Comprising 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses and nearly all global players, Bitkom members offer a wide range of software technologies, IT-services, telecommunications and internet services. They manufacture hardware and consumer electronics or operate in the sectors of digital media and the network industry. 78 percent of the companies are headquartered in Germany, with an additional 9 percent in European countries, 9 percent in the USA and 4 percent in other regions. Bitkom is particularly committed to innovative economic policies, a modernisation of the education sector and forward-looking network policies.
Quelle: Pressemitteilung bitkom vom 13.09.2016.
