J. Trevor Hughes, CIPP

IAPP

President & CEO

(603)427-9201

J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the IAPP, the professional home for privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally. With over 80,000 members in more than 150 countries, the IAPP provides training, certification, publications, research, events and networking opportunities to respond to growing need for professionals to manage the intersections of data, technology and humanity.



A native of Canada, Trevor previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition.



Trevor is widely recognized as a leading digital policy expert on the global stage. He is a sought-after speaker, appearing at SXSW, RSA Conference, TEDx, the Global Privacy Assembly and more. Recent speaking engagements have included ICA Live: Africa, World Bank Group Data Privacy Day, the FIFA Global Compliance Summit and the Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme. He has lectured extensively around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern University Law School.

Trevor has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, TechCrunch and Wired and has testified on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, British Parliament and more.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where he is an adjunct professor.

 

Contributions by J. Trevor Hughes

  • Closing General Session
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2025
  • Closing General Session
    Speaker at IAPP Asia 2025: Privacy Forum + AI Governance Global
  • Closing General Session
    Speaker at IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025
  • From Chaos to Digital Governance
    Speaker at In-Person Tel Aviv KnowledgeNet: 2 April 2025
  • Update From CEO J. Trevor Hughes on the IAPP’s Digital Governance Report
    Speaker at In-Person Chicago KnowledgeNet: 5 March 2025
  • IAPP’s 2024 Digital Governance Report and The European Health Data Space (EHDS): What to expect?
    Speaker at In-Person Netherlands KnowledgeNet: 14 Nov. 2024
  • IAPP’s 2024 Digital Governance Report and Recent CJEU Decisions: Privacy, data security and AI governance predictions
    Speaker at In-Person Cork and Dublin Joint KnowledgeNet: 11 Nov. 2024
  • European Privacy Network
    Speaker at In-Person DACH and Luxembourg Joint KnowledgeNet: 24 Oct. 2024
  • Update From CEO J. Trevor Hughes on the IAPP’s 2024 Digital Governance Report
    Speaker at In-Person Dallas KnowledgeNet: 21 Oct. 2024
  • Update From CEO J. Trevor Hughes on the IAPP’s 2024 Digital Governance Report
    Speaker at In-Person New York KnowledgeNet: 30 July 2024
  • Privacy in the World Cup: A Fireside Chat
    Speaker at In-Person South Florida KnowledgeNet: 21 June 2024
  • Fireside Chat with Anu Talus, the Finnish Data Protection Authority and the European Data Protection Board Chair
    Speaker at In-Person Sacramento, San Francisco and Silicon Valley KnowledgeNet: 8 May 2024
  • Follow the Flow: International data transfer from an industry and regulator perspective
    Speaker at In-Person Switzerland KnowledgeNet: 11 March 2024
  • Discussion with Anu Talus, the Finnish Data Protection Authority and the European Data Protection Board Chair
    Speaker at In-Person Helsinki KnowledgeNet: 6 March 2024
  • Pan India KnowledgeNet
    Speaker at In-Person Pan India KnowledgeNet: 8 Dec. 2023
  • IAPP statement on Israel
  • The time to professionalize AI governance is now
  • IAPP AI Governance Center, a call to action for the privacy profession
    Privacy Perspectives
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in New Zealand and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Auckland KnowledgeNet: 5 May 2023
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Melbourne KnowledgeNet: 3 May 2023
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Sydney KnowledgeNet: 1 May 2023
  • A short history of privacy in US State of the Union addresses
    Privacy Perspectives
  • Pan-India KnowledgeNet Networking Session
    Speaker at Virtual Pan-India KnowledgeNet: 1 July 2022
  • Closing General Session
    Moderator at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022
  • Privacy at Ready Stance: A MENA perspective
    Speaker at Virtual UAE and ACC Joint KnowledgeNet: 31 March 2022
  • Data Privacy Day 2022 - Framing the Data Protection Landscape in the Year Ahead
    Data Privacy Day 2022 - Framing the Data Protection Landscape in the Year Ahead
  • Join the Team! Insights from NIST's Privacy Workforce Public Working Group
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2021
  • Introducing the IAPP’s Diversity Principles
    Privacy Perspectives
  • London, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Tel Aviv Celebrate Data Privacy Day - The Privacy Pro's Role in a Cybersecurity Attack
    Speaker at Virtual Transatlantic Data Privacy Day KnowledgeNet: 28 January 2021
  • Privacy Trailblazer Trivia
    Speaker at Virtual Chicago KnowledgeNet: December 15, 2020
  • Reflecting on the growth of the privacy industry
    Privacy Perspectives
  • IAPP Keynote - CEO Confidential: Privacy Leadership in a Pandemic
    Speaker at IAPP Summit Sessions 2020 Online
  • What Can We Learn from the History of Privacy?
    Speaker at IAPP Summit Sessions 2020 Online
  • IAPP Keynote - CEO Confidential: Privacy Leadership in a Pandemic
    Web Conference Speaker