WPF speaking on ABA panel with FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong Stephen K. Wong, and others

WPF ED Pam Dixon will be speaking at the ABA spring meeting on the issue of national and international privacy frameworks from the US to India to Europe. She will be joining a panel of national and international privacy luminaries.

Thursday March 28, ABA Spring Meeting, Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC.

3:15 – 5:00 PM

RESHAPING PRIVACY REGULATIONS – COMPLIANCE AND CONSEQUENCES

M2: Salons 3 & 4
Presented by the Consumer Protection and Privacy & Information Security Committees
On the heels of the GDPR, the world faces at least four new data privacy laws: China’s Personal Information Security Specification, the California Consumer Privacy Act, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law, and India’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill. With countries, and at least one U.S. state, trying to match the GDPR, this panel will examine how companies can balance innovation and consumer protection.

SESSION CHAIR
Katherine E. ARMSTRONG, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Washington, DC

MODERATOR
William C. MACLEOD, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, DC

SPEAKERS
• Ruth BOARDMAN, Bird & Bird LLP, London
• Pam DIXON, Executive Director, World Privacy Forum, Portland, OR
• The Honorable Rebecca K. SLAUGHTER, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
• Stephen K. WONG, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong

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