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Data protection and IT security in times of Corona

Data protection and IT security in times of Corona

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Due to the corona pandemic, numerous new regulations and measures to contain the virus were introduced at short notice. How do these regulations and measures affect data protection and IT security? An interview with Dr Aleksandra Sowa.

Dr Aleksandra Sowa is an author, data protection auditor and data protection officer. She is a member of the SPD Basic Values ​​Commission, and sits on the Committee for Internal Affairs as an IT security expert. Dr Sowa founded and ran the Horst Görtz Institute for Information Security, together with the German cryptologist Hans Dobbertin. She has written several books and specialist publications on data protection and IT security.

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Interview with Per Meyerdierks about the challenges and opportunities of anonymizing personal data

Interview with Per Meyerdierks about the challenges and opportunities of anonymizing personal data

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Editor: Gerhard Walter, Solutions by HANDELSBLATT MEDIA GROUP GMBH

Interview with Per Meyerdierks, member of the legal department at Google Germany GmbH in Hamburg and Senior Privacy Counsel, about challenges and opportunities when anonymising personal data.

“By combining federated learning with differential privacy, you can make sure the individual contributions you compile do not permit conclusions to be drawn about individuals.”

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Interview with Christian Brennholt about the challenges of data protection in a global company

Interview with Christian Brennholt about the challenges of data protection in a global company

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Author: Gerhard Walter, Editor, Solutions by HANDELSBLATT MEDIA GROUP GMBH

Interview with Christian Brennholt, Deputy Chief Privacy Officer / Senior Managing Counsel at Coca-Cola, about the challenges of data protection in a global company

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  • data protection standards
  • the open and critical handling of stakeholder, partner and employee data
  • varying interpretations of the GDPR in different countries

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Interview with Dr Friedrich Popp, Debevoise & Plimpton, on the Schrems II ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

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“Companies that transfer European personal data to the United States on the basis of the Privacy Shield must now develop alternatives.”

Following its ’Safe Harbor’ ruling in October 2015, the European Court of Justice has now ruled for the second time that the data of European citizens is not sufficiently protected in the USA – and has overturned the ’Privacy Shield’ between the USA and the European Union. This poses political and diplomatic challenges for the EU Commission and the US government, and creates very specific challenges for the daily work of data protection officers in companies.

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Results Data Protection Survey 2020 – Transformation accomplished?

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What does the GDPR evaluation in the data protection industry look like?

We have determined with our current Data Protection Survey 2020 the status quo of the transformation process of uniformity in the handling and processing of personal data. How far have companies currently progressed in implementing the GDPR? What were, or are, the greatest challenges in implementing the GDPR? What should be improved in the current status of the GDPR and how will the use of 5G affect the handling?

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Webinar: M&A meets Data Protection

Webinar: M&A meets Data Protection

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Companies acquire, use, or share in the ordinary course of business vast amounts of data, including personal information covered by European data protection laws. Data protection issues must be considered in an acquisition from the outset, and can have a significant impact on the value and terms of the deal, including whether or not to acquire certain data as part of the transaction, and how to value that data.

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