Kate Colleary, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

Pembroke Privacy

Country Leader, Ireland, IAPP; Director

Kate Colleary, LLB (hons), Dip Arb, Dip eComm, CIPP/E, CIPM

Director of Pembroke Privacy and practising lawyer, Kate gained an honours degree in law from Trinity College Dublin in 1995. She has been a qualified lawyer since 1999, working in large corporate law firms for almost two decades.

 

Kate is also the Irish Country Leader for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She regularly speaks at conferences in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia and is a Data Guidance expert, providing content on their global platform.

 

Kate delivers IAPP’s CIPP/E & CIPM training globally. She also lectures on the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and postgraduate courses in data protection law. She lectures lawyers on “the Role and Practice of the DPO”. She was one of only three Irish lawyers nominated for a Women in Law Award by the UK’s Lawyer Magazine.

 

Kate has featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and has appeared on RTE television and radio, BBC Radio 4, Today FM and NewsTalk. She has most recently written a detailed paper on the data protection regime in Ireland, which was to be presented in person at the international congress of European judges in the Hague in May 2020 but was delayed due to Covid-19.

 

Kate has decades of experience delivering data protection services. She leads a team of expert consultants who provide outsourced DPO services and data protection consulting services to global clients, including big tech, government bodies, hospital groups and financial services organisations. 

 

Contributions by Kate Colleary

  • Comparative Frameworks for Implementation of the EU AI Act and Beyond
    Moderator at IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025
  • Opening General Session
    Speaker at IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025
  • EU AI Act Comprehensive
    Speaker at IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025
  • International Women's Day: Her Career Journey
    Speaker at Virtual Dublin KnowledgeNet: 7 March 2025
  • Changes at Ireland’s DPC: An Introduction to the New Commissioners
    Moderator at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 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
  • AI Innovation and Governance: Bridging the EU and U.S. perspectives
    Speaker at Virtual Dublin and Washington D.C. Joint KnowledgeNet: 30 Oct. 2024
  • Shaping the Future: Empowering "Women in Privacy" and "Women in Tech"
    Speaker at In-Person Cork and Dublin Joint KnowledgeNet: 3 May 2024
  • Building Trust with Codes of Conduct as Privacy Seals
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 23 Feb. 2024
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Data Protection Week: What's new in the EU (Belgium, Ireland, Italy), Israel and Switzerland?
    Speaker at Virtual Brussels, Dublin, Rome and Tel Aviv Joint KnowledgeNet: 6 Feb. 2024
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 4 Aug. 2023
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Sydney KnowledgeNet: 1 May 2023
  • ANZ Delegate Tour: Privacy developments in Australia and global trends for 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Sydney KnowledgeNet: 1 May 2023
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 13 May 2022
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Privacy Awareness and Culture: Back to basics
    Speaker at Virtual Dublin KnowledgeNet: 25 January 2022
  • From the Playground to the Office: Dos and don'ts of managing children's and employee data
    Speaker at Virtual Ireland and UK Joint KnowledgeNet: 14 December 2021
  • Regional Enforcement Updates: The EU and Latin America
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021
  • Information Security Breaches: The data protection compliance impact
    Speaker at Virtual Cork and Dublin Joint KnowledgeNet: 11 November 2021
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 23 July 2021
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Developments in the World of AdTech, Cookies, and Tracking Technologies
    Speaker at Virtual Dublin KnowledgeNet: 16 June 2021
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 9 April 2021
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Brexit: Implications and Challenges
    Speaker at Virtual Dublin KnowledgeNet: 28 January 2021
  • Notes from the IAPP Europe, 11 Dec. 2020
    Europe Data Protection Digest
  • Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2020 - Cancelled
  • International Data Transfer - What to expect after the CJEUs 'Schrems II' Decision
    Speaker at Virtual Rome KnowledgeNet: 29 October 2020