April 12th, 2017 | Sterling

Sterling’ Oran Kiazim to Speak at IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C.

Sterling is excited to announce that Oran Kiazim, Vice President of Global Privacy will be a speaker at the IAPP Global Privacy Summer at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. on April 20^th. The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit is the world’s biggest privacy conference where attendees from around the globe come together for “in-depth discussions, gold-standard educations and make valuable connections.” Attendees will learn information on the latest privacy trends such as the data security, GDPR changes, privacy operations management, the business of privacy, cloud computing and much more. There are seminars and masterclasses lead by global privacy experts, keynote speakers, networking opportunities and an industry tradeshow as well as one day devoted to practical, hands-on seminars and operational strategy.

Oran Kiazim and Terry McQuay of Nymity are teaming up to present, An Alternative Approach to PIAs on Thursday, April 20^th at 9:30 am in Salon 1 on Level M2. The presentation will explore an alternative approach to achieving the objectives of privacy impact assessments (PIAs) while avoiding all of the traditional challenges. The approach, motivated by the new General Data Protection Regulation GDPR) allows organisations to demonstrate the meeting of compliance obligations of Article 30 (Records and Processing Activities) as well as Article 35 (Data protection impact assessment), while focusing on minimizing the risk to data subjects and the organization (also the objective of a PIA).

About the GDPR

The EU General Data Protection Regulation replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EDC and is designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizen data privacy and to reshape the way organisations across the region approach data privacy. The GDPR was approved by the EU parliament on 14 April 2016 and will apply from 25 May 2018. The key principles of data privacy remain from the 1995 directive, but there are many changes proposed to the regulatory privacy policies. A few of the key changes included in the GDPR are:

• Increased Territorial Scope
• Breach Notification
• Right to Be Forgotten
• Data Portability
• Privacy by Design

The GDPR updates will have a definite effect on the background screening industry. The changes could bring additional risks to a company. To help determine or eliminate the risks, data protection impact assessment (DPIA) or privacy impact assessment (PIA) can be used, allowing privacy risks to be identified, understood and wherever possible mitigated before harm can be caused to an individual’s personal information. We will have more information about these changes as we approach the rollout date in May 2018.

About the IAPP

The International Association of Privacy is the world’s largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community. The not for profit organization is a resource for professionals who want to develop and advance their careers by helping their organisations manage these risks and protect their data. The Association is committed “to providing a forum for privacy professionals to share best practices, track trends, advance privacy management, standardize the designations for privacy professionals and provide education and guidance on opportunities in the field of information privacy.” The IAPP is responsible for developing the only globally recognized credentialing programs in information privacy including the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and the Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). Sterling’s Privacy team are all CIPP certified. The Global Privacy Summit is the biggest event sponsored by the IAPP with thousands of attendees over the three-day event April 18^th to 20^th in Washington D.C.

See You at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Sterling is excited for Oran Kiazim to have the opportunity to speak at The Global Summit. To help get prepared for the changes that will take place due to the GDPR, Sterling will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday 30 May 2017 entitled GDPR: What You Need to Know with 12 Months to Go. Oran will be co-presenting with Beatriz Toret-Ruiz. Sign up today for this important informational webinar!   You can also find out more about Sterling hiring solutions on our pre-employment checks.

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