GDPR: Are You Liable?

Overview

Although the GDPR is an EU law, it reaches many American organizations doing business with the EU. This seminar introduces the GDPR's origins and defining characteristics, distinguishes Data Controllers from Data Processors, explains how the GDPR regulates data transfers and the liability businesses face for non-compliance (with notable enforcement examples), and offers key takeaways and predictions on where enforcement is headed.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain the GDPR's origins, scope, and extraterritorial reach to U.S. businesses
• ✓Distinguish the obligations of Data Controllers and Data Processors
• ✓Describe how the GDPR regulates cross-border data transfers
• ✓Assess GDPR liability, fines, and class-action exposure

Curriculum

1. 1. GDPR: Are You Liable?

   In this seminar, our privacy experts begin by introducing the GDPR, both its origins and its defining characteristics. Next, our speakers explain the difference between Data Controllers and Data Processors, explaining the critical difference between the two positions. The conversation then moves to discuss how the GDPR regulates data transfers as well as the liability businesses face for non-compliance, citing some of the most notable recent examples. The panel also provides practitioners with key takeaways and risks for organizations to consider, as well as thoughts on the direction of where enforcement is headed in the future. Topics covered in this webinar: Introduction to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) GDPR Obligations for the Data Controller and Processor GDPR Data

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Wayne Matus

Co-Founder, SafeGuard Privacy

SafeGuard Privacy

Wayne Matus is co-founder of SafeGuard Privacy, contributing to instruction on GDPR compliance and liability.

Shannon Yavorsky

Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Shannon Yavorsky is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, advising on global privacy and data protection, including the CCPA and GDPR.