Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection ( “IFAI”) will host the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City on November 2-3, 2011.  This year’s conference, entitled “Privacy: The Global Age,” will focus on the challenges associated with managing and protecting personal data in an era characterized by the constant, instantaneous transfer of information across the globe.  IFAI President Jacqueline Peschard discussed the conference in further detail in an interview with Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, during the Centre’s First Friday Call on September 9, 2011.  This year marks the first time that the conference will be held in Latin America.

For more information on the conference, visit www.privacyconference2011.org.