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ARTICLE · 18 MARCH 2019

Privacy & Information Security Law Blog: Hunton Briefing Reflects On GDPR Implementation And Future Challenges

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On January 16, 2019, Hunton Andrews Kurth hosted a breakfast seminar in London, entitled "GDPR: Post Implementation Review." Bridget Treacy, Aaron Simpson and James Henderson ...

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On January 16, 2019, Hunton Andrews Kurth hosted a breakfast seminar in London, entitled "GDPR: Post Implementation Review." Bridget Treacy, Aaron Simpson and James Henderson from Hunton Andrews Kurth and Bojana Bellamy from the Centre for Information Policy Leadership ("CIPL") at Hunton Andrews Kurth discussed some of the challenges and successes companies encountered in implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"), and also identified key data protection challenges that lie ahead. The Hunton team was joined by Neil Paterson, Group Data Protection Coordinator of TUI Group; Miles Briggs, Data Protection Officer of TUI UK & Ireland; and Vivienne Artz, Chief Privacy Officer at Refinitiv, who provided an in-house perspective on the GDPR.

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