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
Privacy rollback can cause headaches for corporate security pros
"Omer Tene, vice president of research at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, is less concerned that ISPs will actually violate corpora…
The world's leading privacy pros talk GDPR with El Reg
"The dominating feature of coverage of GDPR has been its provisions for sanctions – allowing the data police to issue fines of up to 4 per cent of global t…
How Peter Thiel's Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
"The former PCAP member who did respond, Stanford privacy scholar Omer Tene, told The Intercept that he was unaware of “any specific relationship, agreemen…
What will the Data Breach Landscape Look Like in 2017?
"Omer Tene, Vice President of Research and Education for International Association of Privacy Professionals, added “Clearly, the biggest challenge for busi…
GDPR will require 75,000 DPOs worldwide, study shows
"Appointing a data protection officer is just the beginning, said Omer Tene, vice-president of research and education at the IAPP. “Organisations will need…
75,000 Data Protection Officers Needed By 2018 To Handle EU Law
""Appointing a data protection officer is just the beginning," said IAPP VP of research and education Omer Tene, in a statement. "Organizati…
Will The FCC’s Privacy Regs Actually Change The Status Quo On Consent?
"Requiring an opt-in might sound more onerous and more likely to protect privacy because the user has to actively provide affirmative consent, but “the fac…
Multinational Companies Remain Wary of U.S.-EU Data-Transfer Pact
"Legal experts offered several reasons why companies aren’t embracing Privacy Shield, including the possibility that it, too, will be invalidated. “There i…
Survey: 34% of privacy pros expect their companies to certify under Privacy Shield
"Omer Tene, VP of Research and Education at the IAPP, suggested in an interview with SCMagazine.com that companies may be disinclined to jump through the r…
Google recieved record number of data requests: 4,677 in latest transparency report
"Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) noted that European countries such as…
Microsoft Wins Landmark Email Privacy Case
"Omer Tene, VP of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), welcomed the ruling as a “resounding affirmation…
US court rules in favour of Microsoft, gov't can't force access to email on Irish server
"“The ruling is a striking victory for privacy over the threat of government access and overreach,” Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at…