23rd Annual Data Protection Compliance Conference (UK)

23rd Annual

DATA PROTECTION

COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE

 

Tuesday 24th - Thursday, 26th September 2024

CENTRAL LONDON / VIRTUAL

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23rd Annual DATA PROTECTION
COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE
 
Catchup On-Demand

 

If you or your colleagues missed this year's PDP Data Protection Compliance Conference, catchup with the On-Demand Package.

 

 

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The 2024 Conference has been widely praised as being one of the best yet

 

"Always a great conference! Absolutely loved the AI presentations. I now feel that I finally understand something about AI that I can use in my day to day consultations with the business."

 
 
Featuring Expert Speakers including...
 
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**ON-DEMAND PACKAGE**
 
The On-Demand Package features the video presentations and PDF slide decks from Day 1, PLUS all the slides and materials featured in all SIX Workshops from Day 2 & 3. Access is provided to PDP's dedicated online platform:
 
 
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Day 1 Speakers Presentations
available for catchup:

Emily Keaney, ICO

Regulating in a Changing World - KEYNOTE ADDRESS from the ICO 

 

Emily Keaney

Deputy Commissioner, ICO

               

 

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Jenna Franklin

How to Use AI and Comply - Sensible Approaches to Managing the Innovative use of AI with Data Protection Compliance

 

Jenna Franklin

Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP

 

Organisations are finding ever more innovative uses for AI systems in order to leverage the potential efficiencies and market opportunities. This carries risk, particularly under data protection laws. It is crucial to manage these risks, and to make sure that your privacy framework is fit for purpose when doing so. This session focusses on practical strategies for managing data protection risks in innovative AI, including examining areas of key risk, leveraging the risk management strategies familiar to data protection professionals and adapting privacy frameworks to mitigate innovative AI risks.

 

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James BrungerChildren's Data - How to Navigate the Increasingly Complex Minefield

 

James Brunger

Associate General Counsel, Snap Inc

 

Processing personal data on children is one of the most challenging areas within the field of data protection. Even controllers that do not intend to process non-adult data often do so inadvertently and need to take the potential into account. In this talk, the co-lead for privacy and digital regulatory law at Snapchat walks delegates through the latest risks as regards children’s data, including issues such as age assurance, AI and holistic impact assessments, and provides practical tips that delegates can use in their organisations and in their personal lives.

 

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Expert Panel - Making Sense of Emerging Data Protection Complexities

Bridget Treacy

Bridget Treacy

Senior Lawyer & Privacy Consultant

Glen Hymers

Glen Hymers

Head of Data Privacy, UK Cabinet Office

Eleonor Duhs

Eleonor Duhs

Partner (Head of Data Privacy), Bates Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new reality is that data protection intersects with an increasingly complex array of related regulation. Accordingly, DPOs and Compliance Professionals can no longer focus solely on the UK GDPR but need a working knowledge of related regulation, proposed changes, emerging government strategy, and of how these factors are likely to impact data protection governance within their organisation. Our special Panel of experts will explain how DPOs and Compliance Professionals can stay on top of the emerging regulatory changes, and how to identify in a practical way the issues that are key for their organisations. The discussion will include possible approaches to regulating AI within the UK, potential changes to the UK GDPR, and the practical impact of regulators working collaboratively within the UK Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum.

 

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Eduadro UstaranThe Effect of the UK and US Elections on International Data Transfers

 

Eduardo Ustaran

Partner, Hogan Lovells

 

Data protection is not immune to the world’s geopolitical situation and international data transfers are at the centre of emerging data sovereignty policies and increasing government surveillance. With the prospect of substantial political changes in the US and the UK, this session considers the potential effect of those changes on global data flows and how to manage in practice the increased scrutiny on this issue.

 

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Data Sharing - Challenges and Practical Solutions

  Eleonor Duhs

Eleonor Duhs

Partner (Head of Data & Privacy), Bates Wells

 

The ICO’s data sharing code of practice reminds us that not sharing data can be detrimental. Are barriers to data sharing imagined or real? What practical steps can we take to share data where it makes sense to do so, and in what contexts should we be cautious? This session looks at how to share data using a risk-based and pragmatic approach.

 

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Direct Marketing - How to Ensure Compliance in this Fast-Changing Area

 

Peter Given

Partner, DAC Beachcroft

 

Jade Kowalski

Partner, DAC Beachcroft

 

The rate of change and level of enforcement in the field of e-privacy and direct marketing continues apace. We have also seen significant recent decisions and opinions issued on the legal basis for behavioural advertising, as well as the scope of e-privacy legislation. In parallel, changes are afoot in the technology that will be used in the near future. This session unpacks these and other developments to bring delegates up to speed on this fast-changing area of law and what steps organisations should consider to reduce the risk of enforcement action.

 

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Karishma BrahmbhattShining a Light on Dark Patterns: Exploring a Growing Compliance Issue in Tech & Data Ethics

 

Karishma Brahmbhatt

Counsel, A&O Shearman

 

With fines for dark pattern practices reaching over USD 2 million, organisations can no longer afford to ignore the shift in global regulatory focus on this area. This session discusses a variety of dark patterns and their interplay with online choice architecture and frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, before navigating the patchwork of UK and European regulation and exploring the practical steps that organisations can take to address dark patterns.

 

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Tim HickmanPractical Guidance on Using Biometric Technologies

 

Tim Hickman

Partner, White & Case

 

From authenticating device logins to controlling access to premises, biometric technology is an increasingly common reality of every-day life. Although the advantages of using biometric technologies are undeniable for many organisations, using them in a compliant manner is increasingly challenging. Courts and regulators are continuing to interpret the GDPR’s rules regarding the processing of biometric data, and the EU AI Act (with its aggressive approach to extraterritorial application) adds a further layer of complexity. This session explores the compliance risks associated with using biometric technologies, and provides delegates with practical tips for avoiding such risks.

 

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Day 2 & 3 - Workshop Materials available for download (PDF):
 
Six Workshops
 

Led by experts within their field, each Workshop took place in-person and virtually and explored a range of key topics/themes through case-studies and group activities.

 

WORKSHOP A:

 

Adapting a Data Protection Compliance Framework to Address AI Risks

 

James Clark

Partner, DLA Piper

 

Laura Dobson

Senior Associate, DLA Piper

 

James Clark

 

Laura Dobson

 


As the pace of AI adoption continues to intensify, privacy professionals are grappling with the question of how to build an effective framework to assess and mitigate the data protection risks associated with the use of AI systems. Fortunately, there is a close relationship between existing principles of data protection law and the principles that are fast becoming accepted as the recognised standards for ensuring the safe and ethical use of AI technologies. Consequently, data protection teams are well-placed to help their organisations address the opportunities and challenges of AI. This Workshop:
 

  • Considers what AI actually is and why data protection law is relevant to the development and use of AI systems
  • Looks at the relationship between the data protection principles and ‘AI safety’ principles
  • Considers in detail the automated decision making framework under the GDPR and why this is central to the relationship between data protection law and AI
  • Looks at how DPIAs and other privacy assessments can be re-engineered to address AI-specific risks
  • Examines supply chain issues associated with data processors that provide AI enabled data processing services
  • Examines how data protection authorities are regulating the use of AI

 

 

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Claire Hall

WORKSHOP B:

 

Subject Access Requests: How to Decide What To Disclose

 

Claire Hall

Legal Director, VWV 

 

Responding to subject access requests is a key part of a data protection professional's job. As SARs are often made in the context of disputes and complaints, deciding exactly what to disclose can involve weighing up various competing factors. Disclosing too much and too little both carry risks.  This practical workshop includes:

  • How to decide when to disclose information about other people
  • How to choose between redacting non-disclosable information or extracting disclosable information
  • Applying the frequently used exemptions, such as confidential references, management planning and forecasting, legal professional privilege and negotiations
  • The rules around specific types of data
  • What the requester is entitled to in addition to a copy of their personal data

 

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Peter Given

WORKSHOP C:

 

NextGen Privacy Governance                           

Peter Given

Partner, DAC Beachcroft 

 

The world is changing at a phenomenal pace, fueled in part by advances in technology, digital transformation and increasingly data-hungry businesses. In parallel, across the globe we are seeing the rapid expansion of privacy laws, together with the evolution of existing privacy legislation and the growth of non-privacy laws that either affect privacy governance or form part of its remit. The privacy governance function must evolve if it is to survive these changes and deliver on its purpose. Using case studies, this Workshop:

  • Unpacks the challenges facing today’s privacy governance function
  • Identifies how best to solve for those challenges
  • Considers how to evolve the privacy governance function so that it is fit for the future
  • Considers the role of technology and privacy governance metrics in the function of the future

 

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 WORKSHOP D:

 

Use of AI and Other Technologies in the Workplace

 

Andrew Kimble

Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

 

Katie Simmonds

Managing Associate, Womble Bond Dickinson

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Katie Simmonds

 

The use of new technologies is both inevitable and valuable in order to save time and improve efficiency. However, organisations must deploy new technologies, including AI, both fairly and lawfully. This Workshop considers:

  • The challenges of ensuring compliance with data protection laws when using AI and other new technologies in the workplace at all stages of the employment lifecycle, including recruitment
  • The competing interests of an employer's legitimate interest to ensure productivity and an employee's right to privacy
  • What employers can lawfully monitor and what they cannot, and the practical challenge this presents when employers can utilise increasing opportunities for monitoring the workforce
  • The future regulatory landscape for AI in the UK and EU and the practical steps that HR teams should take now

 

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Liz Fitzsimons WORKSHOP E:

 

CCTV / Facial Recognition

 

Liz Fitzsimons

Partner, Eversheds Sutherland 

 

The lawful use of CCTV and facial recognition systems has long been a challenge to organisations, as the nature of the data each captures can be particularly high risk and intrusive. Development and adoption of increasingly complex and advanced video surveillance systems, including those making use of AI-based technologies, carry greater risks of more intrusive surveillance. Recognition of the changes in risk profile are evidenced by enhanced regulatory scrutiny and activity, especially where large volumes of data are obtained and combined. These concerns have resulted in new regulatory guidance and decisions, which organisations must ensure they understand. This workshop provides practical advice on the key issues, including:

  • Considering the particular risks related to video surveillance systems
  • Understanding additional concerns arising from adoption of facial recognition technologies, AI type technology and ‘big data’ use within such systems
  • Understanding the legal issues and challenges that apply to running these systems, including where data being processed is of a higher risk
  • Considering practical steps to be taken when implementing or managing such video surveillance systems

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Olivia Whitcroft

WORKSHOP F:

 

Picking the Right Lawful Basis for your Processing Activity

 

Olivia Whitcroft

Solicitor, OBEP

 

How do you know which lawful basis to use for a particular processing activity? Of the six options, consent is first on the list, but is often not the best one, particularly as the data subject could say no! The other bases require a test of necessity, which can be challenging to apply in practice. This practical Workshop looks at:

  • What are the six lawful bases, and in what circumstances you can consider using each one
  • When consent should (or should not) be used, and how to obtain a valid consent
  • What "necessary" means
  • How to carry out a legitimate interests assessment

          

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