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GTC held  “A Toolkit for Data Privacy & Security” Conference on September 29th at the Downtown Harvard Club.  Practical steps were provided to enhance organization’s data privacy and security compliance program, with guidance from well-respected experts in the field. Attendees were introduced to experienced consultants and vendors who can assist in these areas. You have likely been inundated with alerts about the new EU-US Privacy Shield and its availability as of August 1, 2016.  Companies certifying compliance with the Privacy Shield can benefit in bringing EU-origin information into the US, but will increase their risk of enforcement actions if their US-centric policies do not meet EU standards.  GTC’s […]

GTC's series on data privacy and security will continue with the following event in 2017: Data Breach Simulation Exercise – Thursday January 12, 2017 8:45am - noon at the downtown Harvard Club (Boston). Rocco Grillo, Executive Managing Director/Cyber Resilience Leader, Stroz Friedberg/Aon Peter Lefkowitz, Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Digital Rights Management Counsel, GE Digital Patrick Ford, Chief Information Security Officer, Americas Region, Schneider Electric Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, CIPP/US, Member, GTC Law Group PC Additional speakers and team facilitators to be confirmed. This will be a lively interactive training.  Attendees will work in teams of 5-6 and we will go through a simulated data […]