In front of a packed room of privacy professionals during a breakout session Thursday at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2019 in Washington, a discussion took place about movement. Not about moving around the busy halls of the Marriott Marquis and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, but rather about the movement within privacy legislation. Specifically, how ideals and provisions seen in other laws have traveled from the European Union to Washington state. A panel of privacy professionals involved in the creation of those laws spoke about how they took from prior legislation to create bills and how a global perspective opened their eyes to the benefits of universal data rights. Wirewheel CEO Justin Antonipillai moderated the panel that included Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Julie Brill, Californians for Consumer Privacy Board Chair Alastair Mactaggart and European Commission Head of International Data Flows Bruno Gencarelli. IAPP Associate Editor Ryan Chiavetta, CIPP/US, has the details for The Privacy Advisor.
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