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
Prepare for less privacy
""For people to adopt a technology, it's very important to get privacy right," Omer Tene of the International Association of Privacy Professi…
Privacy in the Pandemic Era
Before COVID-19, the privacy discussion this year was mainly about the California Consumer Privacy Act. Now it's about healthcare data sharing, contact trac…
Track the virus’s spread with smartphone apps? It’s apt to be harder than it looks
"“None of this works without ubiquitous and frequent and highly distributed testing," said Omer Tene, vice president of the International Association…
Coronavirus pandemic changes how your privacy is protected
""With the pandemic, government, companies and research institutions are scrambling to respond in a way that makes optimal use of information about in…
Hang-ups, hold-ups and hurdles passing federal privacy legislation
"Time will tell what legislators will decide, but at least some experts see a light at the end of the tunnel. Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the IAP…
CCPA: What California's new privacy law means for Facebook, Twitter users
""The debate will inevitably increase the requirements and the burden on the social media companies as well," said Omer Tene, vice president and…
The Top 10 Events That Shaped – And Rocked – The Digital Ad Industry Over The Past Decade
"“To be sure, regulations keep tightening controls and intensifying scrutiny on ad tech, [but] until digital gatekeepers, such as browser makers and app st…
Senate Dems Have A New Privacy Bill That Could Be The Blueprint For A Federal Law
"Although it’s unlikely that a national privacy law will pass this year – or successfully wend its way through Congress before the 2020 presidential electi…
Businesses race to keep data flowing under a no-deal Brexit
"Instead, companies might continue to wait and see what happens with Brexit and hope that European regulators do not pursue the issue before they spend wha…
Facebook will have to pay a record-breaking fine for violating users’ privacy. But the FTC wanted more.
"“It could be curtailed by a court decision, which might come down eight years down the line,” said Omer Tene, vice president at the International Associat…
Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
"Security experts said there's really no way to know, especially in the absence of third-party validation. "You cannot determine with certainty th…
Apple Pledges Privacy, Beefs Up Security
""I think there is a lot of pressure on the data companies from a lot of different directions," says Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledg…