Data Protection - four half-day Workshops, i.e 'Data Transfers - Choosing the Best Solution': which solutions to implement for their international data transfers - Safe Harbor? EU Model Clauses? Binding Corporate Rules? Consent? With Dr. Mark Watts

Privacy & Data Protection

P&DP's legal notice

Updated: 23/09/2006

Data Protection Workshops Series - 2006

On the day following the Speakers' Presentations we will be hosting six half-day Workshops.

Delegates will receive comprehensive course papers at the event, and they are encouraged to bring their own additional questions to the session. Each Workshop will be hosted by one or more legal experts in the relevant field.

Anyone can attend the Workshops and there is no requirement to attend the Conference in order to join a Workshop. Attendance at the Workshops by Conference delegates is optional but it is anticipated that most Conference delegates will wish to attend one or more Workshops.

Topics for the 2006 Annual Workshop Series
Thursday 28th September 2006

10 Frequently Asked Questions - solutions for the data protection issues which arise in an everyday business context

Morning & Afternoon Workshop

Bridget Treacy

Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert

- Bridget Treacy, Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert -

In this highly interactive Workshop we will examine some of the most frequently raised data protection queries and pose practical solutions.

A few of the topics include:

Should you ask customers to opt in... or opt out....?
How can subject access be dealt with efficiently and cost effectively?
How do you make sure your customer database can be transferred when your business is sold?
To what extent can workers be monitored at work?
Is there a practical solution to cross-border transfers?
What should appear in a privacy policy?

Data Privacy & Corporate Investigations:
safely navigating the labyrinth

Morning Workshop ( Full )

Dan Cooper

Special Counsel, Covington & Burling

- Dan Cooper, Special Counsel, Covington & Burling -

Companies conducting internal investigations need to be wary of the various privacy and data protection issues. We will identify possible compliance solutions to the most problematic issues raised by internal investigations using real-world scenarios to facilitate discussion.

Topics include:

Mechanisms for reporting violations of the law or policy by employees: whistle-blowing, CNIL decisions in France, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the Article 29 Working Party opinion paper.
Legitimate collection of potentially incriminating information relating to employees, including emails, corporate memoranda, meeting minutes, etc.
Delivering notices to employees, determining whether the information in question is "personal", rules for handling unrelated personal data, and ensuring proportionality principles are respected.
Transfers of investigative personal data to overseas offices or foreign authorities.
The interface between privacy laws, labour laws and works council rules.
Employment law issues, including employee termination and dismissals, and conducting investigations in a manner that does not jeopardize subsequent disciplinary proceedings.

Handling Requests For Information – the latest thinking

Morning & Afternoon Workshop

Rosemary Jay

Partner, Pinsent Masons

- Rosemary Jay, Partner, Pinsent Masons -

How to handle requests for information is still on the forefront of good data protection practice. In this Workshop, we will cover:

Recognising requests when they arrive, including when they are in other correspondence or proceedings

Recognising what statutory regime to use

Dealing with oral requests

Giving advice and assistance to requestors
Finding information – deletions, remote storage, archives, partners
Overlap of exemptions – determining which one to use
Estimating costs
Problem requestors – vexatious requests, serial requests
Refusal notices

Data Transfers – Choosing the Best Solution

Afternoon Workshop

Dr. Mark Watts

Partner, Bristows

- Mark Watts, Partner, Bristows -

Organisations continue to grapple with choosing which solutions to implement for their international data transfers - Safe Harbor? EU Model Clauses? Binding Corporate Rules? Consent? Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. This practical Workshop will focus on how to choose the best solution for your organisation, and the steps necessary to turn that solution into a reality, whether implementing a solution for the first time or updating an existing one.

Participants will leave the Workshop with a clear view of the direction in which to lead their organisation and how to kick-off a compliance project internally.

Does data subject consent ever work
Is it too early for Binding Corporate Rules
Easy ways to implement EU Model Clauses
When might Safe Harbor be the best option

Each Workshop is accredited by the Law Society with 3 CPD points.

The fee for each individual Workshop is £275 plus VAT ( Currency Converter ).

A discount is available for attending two Workshops. A further discount is available for delegates attending the Conference plus one or more Workshops.

Please note Due to overwhelming demand, we have added additional sessions of the following two Workshops:

Handling Requests for Information - The Latest Thinking

10 Frequently Asked Questions.

To book your place at any of the Workshops

:: Submit your details via the online application form

:: Telephone the Conference Line on: +44 (0)845-226 5723

:: Download PDF: conference brochure and booking form

5th Annual Data Protection Compliance Conference & Workshop Series
27th and 28th September 2006

This event will bring you fully up to date with the latest in data protection, privacy, freedom of information law and practice, and will provide you with invaluable networking opportunities.

The keynote speakers will be Richard Thomas, the UK Information Commissioner, Philippe Renaudière, Data Protection Officer of the European Commission, and Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor.

The event is likely to sell out, and so early booking is advised.

:: Conference information & booking form

Congratulations on a successful day, and thanks to all of you for organising something with a fresher perspective for those of us in the DP field who are a bit weary of the same old discussions being rolled out at events
Karen Jane Mitchell, Consultant, Accenture Data Privacy Project

It was a very polished and informative event
Alice Turinas, Baker Botts

Fantastic to meet professionals with the same concerns and questions-having those concerns and questions addressed by experts was invaluable and will help shape advice to our clients
Vanessa Croisier-Challess of Furley Page

Very informative and the course materials are extremely helpful
Neesha Patel, Solicitor at Turbervilles Solicitors

Data Protection Training Courses 2006

Keep yourself fully up to date with the latest in the data protection world. Our training courses are designed to fulfil the needs of a variety of audiences, from lawyers to human resources officers, and to cater to a wide level of existing knowledge. All our sessions are fully interactive and questions and discussion are welcome.

:: Click for Data Protection Training Courses dates and descriptions