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Membership of the European Privacy Officers' Network (EPON) is open to Privacy/Data Protection professionals working for organisations operating in more than one country. Members have European responsibilities for privacy, which may be part of wider regional or worldwide functions.
Forthcoming Meetings:
Integrating privacy into your compliance programme in Israel
25 October, 2010
Host: Microsoft, Ra’anana (near Tel Aviv), Israel
The conference is for companies in Israel with international parents or subsidiaries.
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Portugal Roundtable
24 & 25 November, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal Briefing and Roundtable with Portugal’s Data Protection Authority.
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UK Information Commissioner Roundtable
27 January, 2011
London
A Roundtable Discussion with Christopher Graham, the UK's new Information Commissioner
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France Roundtable
5 & 6 April, 2011
Paris, France
France Lawyers Briefing and Commissioner’s Roundtable
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Previous International Privacy Officers Network Meetings
EPON Meetings
EPON meetings are held 3 times a year in Europe. Meetings are normally hosted by member organisations. Some meetings are roundtables with national Data Protection Commissioners and their senior staff. So far, these meetings have been held with Data Protection Commissioners and their senior staff in:
Luxembourg; Spain; Netherlands; Belgium; Sweden; Finland; Russia, Portugal & Greece in London; Ireland; Germany; France; Czech Republic, Poland & Hungary in Prague; Italy; Poland in Warsaw.
Issues covered at the UK meetings include:
Prospects for data breach laws in Europe; What is the optimum structure for data protection management in multinational companies?; Managing privacy when outsourcing to a country without a privacy law; Surveillance/investigation of employees/tracking employees/customers; Business to business direct marketing; Experience in developing an internal audit programme; Internal experience in ensuring compliance in a global business through use of model contracts; How companies are negotiating Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) schemes with the EU Data Protection Authorities.
Hosts have included: Linklaters; Deloitte; Bird & Bird; Deutsche Telekom AG; De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Dresdner Kleinwort; Arthur Cox; Microsoft; Ernst & Young; CMS Cameron McKenna.
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EPON Participants
Accenture • Arnold & Porter • Barclays Bank • Boeing • BP • BT • Centrica • Covington & Burling • Citibank • CSC Computer Sciences • Deloitte • Ernst & Young • Esso • General Electric • HBOS • Hewlett Packard • HSBC Bank • IMS Health • JPMorgan Chase Bank • Kodak • Linklaters • Masons • MBNA Europe Bank • Microsoft • Novartis • Oracle • Procter & Gamble • Prudential • Sony
EPON Member Benefits
EPON enables senior privacy officers involved in the practical implementation of the EU Data Protection Directive and other privacy initiatives to meet and exchange ideas and creates a professional network of support for members.
EPON members have a unique opportunity to exchange views with regulators who are responsible for creating and implementing policy, and to discuss the development of future privacy initiatives. There is an exchange of ideas and experience on national and international privacy laws and related policy developments and the ways that member organisations organise their compliance functions.
Members sign a confidentiality agreement to facilitate an open discussion at the meetings.
Privacy Laws & Business provides the secretariat.
EPON Double Membership
Double membership gives your organisation six participant places a year, to be used in any way you choose across the three yearly meetings, at a fee of 1.5 times the cost of single membership. The double membership offers greater flexibility at a much reduced cost for your organisation.
Price
Annual EPON Membership - 3 meetings & papers within a year – £1,500 + 17.5% VAT
Annual EPON Double Membership - 6 meetings & papers within a year – £2,250 + 17.5% VAT
Flexible EPON Membership - 3 meetings & papers only from meetings attended, over two years – £1,700 + 17.5% VAT
Flexible EPON Double Membership - 6 meetings & papers only from meetings attended, over two years – £2,550 + 17.5% VAT
One EPON meeting - 1 meeting & papers – £675 + 17.5% VAT
Additional person from the same organisation - 1 meeting & papers - £400 + 17.5% VAT
You can be flexible on the number of people attending the meetings and how you share attendance between different people within your organisation.
For more information about EPON membership, contact Stewart Dresner or Glenn Daif-Burns at Privacy Laws & Business.
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International Privacy Officers Network
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"Understanding the complexities of the multitude of data privacy laws now in existence across Europe can be a very daunting if not sometimes intimidating task. Belonging to EPON provides an unparalleled opportunity to share, in a confidential and open environment, in the practical experiences of other privacy professionals."
Melanie Shillito, Data Privacy Officer, EMEA, JP Morgan Chase Bank