Objective

The conference aims to provide legal practitioners and data protection specialists with the necessary guidance on how to combine data subject rights provided by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with the demands of the contemporary economy. It will offer an opportunity to discuss with key legal experts the challenges and issues at stake.
Safeguarding accountability by means of Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), including the context of profiling and individual decision-making, will also be addressed.

Key topics

• The right to data protection and the demands of the digital economy
• How business (telecoms, IoT) can cope with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles: challenges and best practices
• Legal grounds for personal data processing according to the GDPR, new requirements for data subjects’ valid consent, legal bases for sensitive data processing
• How to safeguard accountability under the GDPR: Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and other new
• Safeguarding accountability by means of Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), including the context of profiling and individual decision-making, will also be addressed.