• GTC Conference: A Toolkit for Data Privacy & Security

    Harvard Club 1 Federal Street, Boston, MA, United States

    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 Event: Data Breach Simulation Training (January 2017)

    Harvard Club - Downtown 1 Federal Street, Boston, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • GTC Event: European Data Privacy Compliance (April 2017)

    Harvard Club - Downtown 1 Federal Street, Boston, MA, United States

    GTC's series on data privacy and security was continued with an event focusing on European Data Privacy Compliance. European Data Privacy Compliance – Thursday April 6, 2017 8:45am – noon at the downtown Harvard Club. David Bender, Fellow, Ponemon Institute; Special Counsel, Data Privacy, GTC Law Group PC Renard Francois, Global Chief Privacy Officer, General Electric Katherine Fick, Privacy Counsel, IBM Corp. Elaine Call, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT; Technology & Privacy Counsel, Cengage Learning Sara Cable, CIPP/US; Director, Data Privacy & Security, Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Office of Attorney General Maura Healey, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, CIPP/US, Member; Chief […]

  • GTC UPDATE:  The right to privacy is now a fundamental human right in India

    GTC UPDATE:  The right to privacy is now a fundamental human right in India India’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the right to privacy is a fundamental right because it is “an intrinsic part of right to life.”  The landmark 547-page judgment overrules two prior India Supreme Court decisions from 1954 and 1962.  The case involves challenges to India’s biometric-based identification number system (the “Adhaar scheme”), which was purportedly designed to increase social inclusion and improve the accessibility of government services.  The system is mandatory for certain government services, which raised privacy concerns.  The Adhaar scheme will now be […]