Omer Tene is an Associate Professor at the College of Management School of Law, Rishon Le Zion, Israel, and a legal consultant admitted to practice in Israel and New York. He consults the Israeli government, data protection authority and private sector businesses, including Fortune 100 companies, on privacy, data protection and law and technology. He was appointed by the Israeli Minister of Justice as Member of the National Privacy Protection Council and is a member of the advisory board of the Future of Privacy Forum; European advisory board of IAPP; and Editorial Board of the International Data Privacy Law (Oxford University Press). He headed the Steering Committee for the 32nd annual conference of privacy and data protection commissioners. He is a graduate of the JSD and LL.M. programs at NYU School of Law and received an MBA degree from INSEAD as well as LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from Tel Aviv University. Omer Tene was an associate at the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton and at the Paris office of Fried Frank and a Senior Research Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London, where he directed the Data Protection Group. He published articles in English, Hebrew and French on privacy and data protection and comparative financial regulation.
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Recent articles
Recognize this? A spectrum of biometric identification
My dog recognizes me. From across a dog park full of people throwing balls and calling their pups, Spot never fails. She uses the poor eyesight, good hearing an…
Multistate Privacy Enforcement Sweep Puts Global Privacy Control in the Spotlight
Recent enforcement actions and announcements from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and state Attorneys-General (AGs) in California, Colorado and…
The Coldplay incident: Nobody said it was easy
How surprised would you be if I told you that the now infamous Coldplay-infidelity incident was all staged? A company that only a few people have heard of, whi…
Federal AI Moratorium Dies on the Vine as Senate Passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
On July 1, 2025, in a near-unanimous 99–1 vote, the US Senate stripped the artificial intelligence (AI) moratorium provisions originally included in the budget…
California’s AB 2013: Generative AI Developers Must Show Their Data
California Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013), known as the Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency Act, was signed into law on September 28, 2…
Is TikTok out of time? Experts mull implications of ban
"“I am not aware of the app collecting more or qualitatively different data than other social media platforms. I do think TikTok has become the latest ligh…
California's CCPA Gets Enforcement Teeth Today
"This could all lead to soaring fines, warned Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professiona…
Contact-Tracing Apps Could Become Permanent Once the Pandemic Is Over
"Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, spoke of the possibility of function creep, where the use of…
2 Years Later: How Has GDPR Affected Your Marketing?
"What’s next? Challenges still remain in terms of GDPR compliance, according to Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International…
GDPR Enforcement Loosens Amid Pandemic
"GDPR's protections work only if regulators make violators "feel it," says Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer for the International Associati…
Companies wrestle with growing cyber security threat: their own employees
"Omer Tene, vice-president of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, said: “Data breaches have been a huge issue. It’s understandable why…
Jackpot for liability lawyers
""What if I get sick at work, and I can show that my employer didn't take enough steps to prevent that colleague next to me from from coming in?&q…