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In an article published in the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Privacy Perspective, entitled Empowering Individuals Beyond Consent, Bojana Bellamy and Markus Heyder of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams argue that consent is no longer the best or only way to provide control and protect individuals.
Continue Reading CIPL Urges Expansion of Privacy Toolkit Beyond Consent

At the IAPP’s recent Europe Data Protection Congress in Brussels, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams led two panels on the risk-based approach to privacy as a tool for implementing existing privacy principles more effectively and on codes of conduct as a means for creating interoperability between different privacy regimes.
Continue Reading Centre Discusses the Risk-Based Approach to Privacy and APEC-EU Interoperability at IAPP Brussels

On November 18, 2014, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams held the second workshop in its ongoing work on the risk-based approach to privacy and a Privacy Risk Framework. Approximately 70 Centre members, privacy regulators and other privacy experts met in Brussels to discuss the benefits and challenges of the risk-based approach, operationalizing risk assessments within organizations, and employing risk analysis in enforcement. …
Continue Reading Centre’s Risk Workshop II in Brussels Emphasizes that Risk-Based Approach to Privacy Does Not Change Legal Obligations but Helps Calibrate Their Effective Implementation

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership’s Vice President and Senior Policy Counselor Markus Heyder reports on the closed session of the 36th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners which took place in Mauritius on October 13 – 16, 2014. Discussions during the closed session focused on the Internet of Things, big data, enforcement cooperation, privacy in the digital age and new conference members.
Continue Reading Centre Reports on 36th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton and Williams has published its first paper, A Risk-based Approach to Privacy: Improving Effectiveness in Practice, as part of the Centre’s new multi-year Privacy Risk Framework Project. This blog entry provides a link to download the paper.
Continue Reading New Centre for Information Policy Leadership White Paper on a “Privacy Risk Framework” and the “Risk-Based Approach”

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton and Williams LLP announces Markus B. Heyder, International Consumer Protection Counsel at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, will be joining as Vice President and Senior Policy Counselor, effective March 17, 2014.
Continue Reading Former FTC Counsel Markus Heyder Joins Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton