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"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 turnover. Tene said: “Just having those sanctions and the toolbox is a game changer. Actually, they could just keep the data protection directive, add the sanctions, and it would have significant impact.”" Read more about The world's leading privacy pros talk GDPR with El Reg
"Industry professionals warn of the economic consequences that the lack of certainty involving data sharing agreements could create. International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Vice President of Research and Education Omer Tene said the debate involving these agreements will “cast doubt on the viability of the existing framework and foments an extended period of uncertainty and risk for businesses in the US and EU.”" Read more about EU, U.S. sign data privacy umbrella agreement
"“We'll need to see how it plays out with U.S. law,” says Omer Tene, VP of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), who, as a U.S. lawyer, is eager to review the text carefully to “reflect on how the paradigm shifted compared to the Safe Harbor.”" Read more about Hello, Privacy Shield
""We haven't seen the solution. We only heard very high-level principles by the European Commission and some data that was added by the Department of Commerce, but we need to see the actual documentation to understand exactly what this entails," said Omer Tene, VP of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), in an interview." Read more about 8 Ways To Secure Data During US-EU Privacy Fight
"Many of the most important developments have had a Eurocentric flavor to them. For instance, the European Court of Justice in October 2015 struck down the European Commission's Safe Harbour Decision that had declared the data exchange framework established between the U.S. and Europe as secure. Albert Gidari, Director of Privacy at Stanford University Law School's Center for Internet and Society, called the decision a “watershed moment” because it “largely invalidated Safe Harbor data transfers to the U.S. Read more about Data Privacy Day: Changes transform policy, perspective since last year
"Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy, told SCMagazine.com that the Safe Harbour decision would mainly affect CISA's Judicial redress Act, which would provide citizens of major U.S. allies a course of redress regarding information shared with U.S. law enforcement. "It is very unlikely that this would have passed," Tene said, "and I'm not sure if it would have satisfied the European authorities anyway."" Read more about As Safe Harbour ruled invalid, lawmakers reconsider CISA
"But Aleecia McDonald, a privacy expert at Stanford Law School, said the nature of the dispute indicates an overarching political solution might not be as forthcoming as businesses hope because of the dramatically different way the U.S. and EU view the problem.
The U.S. bases its data-collection programs on national security, an issue that can be difficult to compromise around. The European court made its decision using a strict human rights framework, Ms. McDonald pointed out. Read more about Local Solutions Key for Companies in U.S-EU Privacy Dispute
""The big companies have probably been gearing up for this for some time, but for smaller companies, this is, I think, a much greater challenge because they don't have the legal sources in house," said Omer Tene, VP-research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Read more about E.U.'s Sudden Shift on Data Is a Big Headache for Small Marketers
""I don't think you can solve intelligence and law enforcement debates with economic legislation," Scott said. "I understand why they are doing that. It seems like the only tool in the toolbox that has a chance of working." Read more about Germany's privacy leaders gather to discuss suspending US Safe Harbor
