In a world driven by data, companies across all industries around the globe face the persistent challenge of navigating this fast-changing and complex area of business and law.
We are pleased to present Deciphering Data, Baker McKenzie’s global webinar series on data privacy and security, which aims to help you decode complex developments in cybersecurity, data protection, workplace privacy, regulatory updates, litigation and enforcement.
Our diverse team of cross-border experts offer their knowhow and insight in this complimentary series to help you understand the legal lay of the land and prepare for the future of privacy.
Recordings of our recent webinars focused on the global and European data privacy and security landscape are available below. Please take a moment to watch the recordings of each session.
To register for upcoming regional sessions focused on Latin America, North America and Asia Pacific, please click the Register button on the right.
- Latin America Sessions
- Global Sessions
- Europe Sessions
Latin America Sessions
Data Protection and Consumer Law
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
9:00 am Central Time (US and Canada)
Speakers: Guillermo Cervio (Buenos Aires), Diego Ferrada (Santiago), Maria Eugenia Salazar (Caracas)
Data protection laws and regulations keep changing at a rapid rate in the world, and Latin America is not an exception. In many cases, the human rights approach to data protection laws has resulted in a paradigm built to protect consumers and citizens, which overlaps with traditional consumer law. Data processing may be stepping over consumer protection laws. Judicial rulings on consumer law, punitive damages and data protection matters.
Join us to understand the Latin American approach to data protection in a consumer protection framework, including mitigation measures regarding consumer protection class actions.
*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Data Breach in Latin America: Overview of Applicable Regulations, Current Environment, Status of Enforcement and Best Practices
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
02:30 pm Central Time (US and Canada)
Speakers: Teresa Tovar (Lima), Carolina Pardo (Bogota), Roberto Grané (Buenos Aires)
LatAm was certainly not exempt of lockdowns during the pandemic and actually saw some of the longest in the global context. These measures did push digital transformation at a faster pace than ever before, hence creating opportunities for new ways of doing business in the region. At the same time, the trend of working from home has become mainstream and the preferred choice for employers and employees.
These changes, as in many other cases, did not come free of challenges. Regulators are very well aware of these and in the past year, LatAm saw enforcement actions related to these risks.
Join us in this session to learn about the data-related risks and challenges in Latin America, including security incidents, litigation risks, fines imposed by regulatory authorities and how to respond to a data breach in order to conduct your business in a secure framework.
* After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Phishing and Data Theft
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
11:00 am Central Time (US and Canada)
Speakers: Carlos Vela-Treviño (Mexico City), Alfonso Martinez-Bejarano (Mexico City), Karla Guerrero (Mexico City)
With the rise of online banking and work-from-home arrangements due to Covid-19 restrictions, phishing attacks and cybersecurity incidents have risen significantly.
Join us to learn how the finance industry is being held accountable for these cases and how they are passing the buck. Additionally, learn in general how businesses can help prevent, reduce and manage risks, as well as how to quickly react to a data theft, analyzing recent developments, administrative actions and court cases.
* After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Protecting Your Digital Offering: E-commerce
Thursday, 9 September 2021
10:00 am Central Time (US and Canada)
Speakers: Carolina Pardo (Bogota), Flavia Amaral (partner of Trench Rossi Watanabe)
E-commerce has become a platform and driver for growth, due to an increasing demand of digital offerings to promote products now that globally all industries are being affected by restrictions in opening commercial stores and physical locations.
Join us to discuss lessons learned of the past year and the best practices focusing on data privacy when developing and monitoring your e-commerce offering, from terms and conditions, payment data, data processing and digital profiling.
* After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Global Sessions
Not ‘If’ But ‘When’: Cybersecurity Global Update
Cybersecurity from compliance to crisis. With the ever-increasing threat of ransomware and other cybercrime, we offer a bird’s eye view of cyber security strategy focused on addressing risks, keeping up with regulatory and compliance issues, and managing a cyber crisis. This session is designed to provide a global perspective of what’s keeping executives awake at night with the world’s threat actors becoming seemingly more sophisticated every day, and give practical guidance on how to address these risks and concerns and prepare companies for challenges ahead.
Session 1
Date: Thursday 8 July
Duration: 60 mins
Speakers: Michael Egan (Washington, DC), Francesca Gaudino (Milan), Paul Glass (London), Stephen Reynolds (Chicago), Martin Roth (Buenos Aires)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=93e34115-e8b1-41e9-87bb-a0708070c2d9
Session 2
Date: Thursday 8 JulyDuration: 60 mins
Speakers: Francesca Gaudino (Milan), Paul Glass (London), Gillian Lam (Hong Kong), Adrian Lawrence (Sydney), Jo-Fan Yu (Taipei)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=69327bec-4e28-48a1-9e3b-e58567493063
Journey Around the World: Data Privacy Global Update
The world has seen a swathe of new data privacy and cybersecurity legislation and enforcement actions in recent times. Many query if their global privacy programs should comply with the GDPR framework. We address this and also highlight the crucial elements to look out for in the key laws and regulations across regions including the GDPR and the CCPA, based on our global team’s wide experience working with our international clients.
Session 1
Date: Tuesday 13 JulyDuration: 60 mins
Speakers: Elisabeth Dehareng (Brussels), Roberto Grane (Buenos Aires), Brian Hengesbaugh (Chicago), Benjamin Slinn (London)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=b60523d5-b5b0-4007-9232-746bfc69e568
Session 2
Date: Tuesday 13 July
Duration: 60 mins
Speakers: Anne-Marie Allgrove (Sydney), Elisabeth Dehareng (Brussels), Lex Kuo (Hong Kong), Benjamin Slinn (London), Kensaku Takase (Tokyo)
Europe Sessions
Data Protection and Brexit: Where Next?
The Brexit transition period formally ended on 31 December 2020, requiring UK, EU and international businesses to take steps to ensure they remain compliant with the two parallel, but separate, data protection regimes which now exist: the EU GDPR, and the UK GDPR.
Data transfers post-Brexit have naturally attracted the most attention, and the interim data transfer solution negotiated as part of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in December 2020 and subsequent announcement of the draft EU adequacy decision for the UK will have come as a relief to many companies. However, there are also other data protection implications that companies will need to consider in addition to data transfers, as well as broader issues around the longer-term future of UK data protection law.
During this webinar, we will discuss the current state of play in relation to data protection and Brexit and the key aspects that UK, EU and international companies should consider going forward, including:
- The current position in relation to EU-UK data transfers and the UK adequacy decision
- Other data protection implications of Brexit to consider now, including requirements to appoint EU or UK representatives or identify alternative lead supervisory authorities in the EU in place of the ICO
- Possible future developments in UK data protection law, and the UK’s future relationship with the EU in this area
Date: Wednesday 7 July
Duration: 60 mins
Speakers: Elisabeth Dehareng (Brussels), Paul Glass (London), Joanna De Fonseka (London)
Session in partnership with Lexology.
Contact Julio Perez for a copy of the recording.
Managing Workforce Data
There has been a recent trend of regulatory enforcement and employee activism in the arena of workplace privacy and data protection. It is challenging to disentangle privacy and employment law considerations, and organizations should look at them holistically. The pandemic has shone a light on workforce privacy concerns, so that employees are more engaged around them and are willing to speak up. It has also accelerated some of the more intrusive data processing activities by employers, as well as throwing up some new-ish challenges like testing and vaccinating employees.
In this session our expert panel will discuss the hottest workplace privacy issues of the moment including employee monitoring by way of productivity monitoring tools and DLP, processing diversity and inclusion data and its limits within Europe, the extent to which employers can get testing and vaccination data about employees, use of AI tools, particularly in the area of recruitment.
Date: Thursday 8 July
Duration: 45 mins
Speakers: Francesca Gaudino (Milan), Michaela Nebel (Frankfurt), Julia Wilson (London)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=dcfe0200-eb36-44cc-b559-e66614404fb8
When Data Goes Wrong: Enforcement and Litigation Trends Across Europe
Data protection enforcement continues to be on the surge with fines seeing a record year in 2020 across the EU. Action taken by regulators to enforce data privacy law across Europe continues to focus on the measures businesses put in place to protect the security of their systems and data with stricter scrutiny on their overall data governance strategy. In this session, our panel of experts will give a snapshot the enforcement trends we are seeing across the European DPAs, giving practical tips of how companies should approach their data privacy strategy to avoid regulatory action.
Date: Friday 9 July
Duration: 45 mins
Speakers: Elisabeth Dehareng (Brussels), Lukas Feiler (Vienna), Yann Padova (Paris), Ilay Yilmaz (Istanbul)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=e9150be6-94bb-40a4-a02e-9ceb4ed55a84
Cookies and Online Advertising: Recent Trends in Europe
Cookies and similar tracking technologies play a key part in the online advertising ecosystem, but have increasingly been in the crosshairs of the authorities in recent years. In this discussion, we take a look at recent regulatory and enforcement trends affecting these technologies in key European markets, including France, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Date: Monday 12 July
Duration: 45 mins
Speakers: Magalie Dansac Le Clerc (Paris), John McGovern (London), Patricia Perez (Madrid), Davide Cascone (Milan)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=60edf0e7-79dc-4732-b0c4-2a6e35d67de7
International Data Transfers: What’s Next?
Following the well-known Schrems II Decision, there has been great uncertainty on the future of international data transfers and how companies can remain compliant in this new environment. Recently, the European Commission has issued the long awaited new set of Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the EU to third countries and simultaneously, the United States Government and the European Commission are intensively working for the adoption of a revised version of the EU-US Privacy Shield applicable to transatlantic data flows.
While the legal landscape seems to start taking shape, many questions remain up in the air and there’s still a long way to go to reach certainty in cross-border data transfers as a whole.
In this session our expert panel will discuss the current legal context of international data transfers, also bringing to the table practical experience on what a data transfer assessment may look like and how to address the challenges inherent to the new set of SCCs, especially in complex and multifaceted business scenarios.
Date: Wednesday 14 July
Duration: 45 mins
Speakers: Francesca Gaudino (Milan), Michael Schmidl (Munich), Benjamin Slinn (London)
https://video.bakermckenzie.com/embed?id=5dd4ee73-b789-47fa-b3aa-40bb8e0b5054
Regional data privacy and cybersecurity sessions focused on Asia Pacific to be announced soon. Register to receive further details.
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