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2010 IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Join us next week at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”) Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., April 19 – 21, 2010.  This year’s summit features three days of intensive programs and networking with more 1,500 privacy professionals.  We also hope you will visit our privacy professionals who are speaking on the following panels:

  • The Essential Elements of Accountability and Baking Them into a Privacy Business Process
    Tuesday April 20, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
    Speakers include: Marty Abrams, Executive Director of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership and Scott Taylor, CIPP, Chief Privacy Officer of Hewlett-Packard Company.
     
  • Revisiting the Safe Harbor a Decade Later
    Wednesday April 21, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
    Speakers include: Lisa J. Sotto, Partner and Head of the Privacy and Information Management Practice at Hunton & Williams LLP; Damon Greer, CIPP, Director, U.S. – EU and Swiss Safe Harbor Framework, U.S. Department of Commerce; and JoAnn Stonier, Global Privacy & Data Usage Officer of MasterCard Worldwide.
     
  • Data Can Be Good: Exploring Alternatives to Data Minimization for Protecting Privacy
    Wednesday April 21, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
    Speakers include: Marty Abrams, Executive Director of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership; Fred Cate, Distinguished Professor of Indiana University and Senior Policy Advisor of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership; and Stan Crosley, CIPP, Co-Director of Indiana University Center for Strategic Health Information Provisioning and Principal of Crosley Law Offices, LLC. The program is moderated by Jane Horvath, CIPP, CIPP/G, Senior Privacy Counsel of Google, Inc.

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Senior Google Executives Sentenced for Violation of Italian Privacy Laws

In February 24, 2010, an Italian court in Milan found three Google executives guilty of violating applicable Italian privacy laws.  The executives were accused of violating Italian law by having allowed a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied to be posted online.  The Google executives, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, Chief Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer and former Chief Financial Officer George Reyes, were fined and received six-month suspended jail sentences.

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Former UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas CBE Joins Hunton & Williams

Hunton & Williams is pleased to announce that Richard Thomas CBE, the former UK Information Commissioner, has joined the firm as Global Strategy Adviser.  Richard Thomas was the UK’s Information Commissioner from November 2002 until his retirement at the end of June 2009.  He was appointed by HM The Queen and held independent status, reporting directly to Parliament, on a range of regulatory, promotional and advisory responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and related laws.  He also served as a member of the European Union’s Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection.  In June 2009, Richard was awarded Commander of the British Empire (“CBE”) for public service.  Read the announcement.

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