MediaNama held the inaugural edition of the PrivacyNama conference on October 6 & 7.
India is on the verge of the finalisation of its data protection law. We spoke to the following panelists to understand international and global perspectives on implementing and operationalising privacy legislation.
On Bodies and Data Protection
- Session Chair: Nehaa Chaudhari, Ikigai Law
- Amber Sinha, Center for Internet & Society
- Anja Kovacs, Internet Democracy Project
- Beni Chugh, Dvara Research
- Jhalak Kakkar, Centre for Communication Governance, NLUD
- Prof. Mark Andrejevic, Monash University
On privacy legislation trends in BRICS countries
- Session Chair: Vrinda Bhandari, Internet Freedom Foundation
- Alexa Lee, ITI Council
- Dr. Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa
- Dr. Andrew Rens, Research ICT Africa
- Luca Belli,CyberBRICS Project
- Udbhav Tiwari, Mozilla
On setting up and operationalising a Data Protection Authority
- Session Chair: Malavika Raghvan, Future of Privacy Forum
- Marit Hansen, Germany
- Raymund Liboro, Philippines
- Teki Akuetteh Falconer, Ghana
On negotiating for data adequacy to enable cross border data flows
- Dr. Ralf Sauer, Deputy Head, International Data Flows and Protection Unit, European Commission
On the role of Chief Privacy Officers in global companies
- Session Chair: Rahul Matthan, Trilegal
- Idriss Kechida, Match Group
- Justin B. Weiss, Naspers & Prosus
- Srinivas Poosarla, Infosys
This conference was held with support from with support from Facebook, Flipkart, Internet Society, Mozilla, Mobile Premier League, Omidyar Network, Paytm, Star India and Xiaomi. We are thankful to our community partners, CyberBRICS project, the Centre for Internet and Society, and Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi, for their help with the programme and outreach.
This report summarises the key points raised during the two-day event.