National Security is Screwing Up My Privacy Program

Traditionally, privacy professionals rarely had to consider national security except when there was a government request for a wiretap based on national security and intelligence. That has changed. The Department of Justice has issued its bulk Data Security Rule, barring many routine exports of Americans’ personal data to China and other “countries of concern.” The Federal Trade Commission now enforces the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, prohibiting the export of sensitive data to such countries, even for one American’s data. Meanwhile, China has its own comprehensive and complex regime for limiting exports of personal data from China except where specifically permitted. And many countries are split on the tradeoffs associated with government access to data, which can have consequences for national security, cyber security and privacy protections but also for international data transfers. This panel assembles a bipartisan set of subject matter experts to analyze why and how national security is suddenly so important to the privacy programs of many commercial companies, including for online advertising and data brokers, and offers practical guidance for organization.

What you will learn: 

• Unpack some of the significant global national security developments impacting privacy programs.
• Provide practical guidance for organizations in navigating and responding to the complexity.
• Offer perspectives for where the policy and compliance landscape will head in the near-term.