Alan Butler Executive Director and President | Official website
Industry representatives and regulators gathered at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit to delve into the complexities of privacy and child online safety legislation. Keir Lamont, Director for US Legislation at the Future of Privacy Forum, emphasized the intricate nature of comprehensive privacy legislation, stating, "Comprehensive privacy legislation is much more complicated than merely who is notified and in what order after consumers suffer a data breach."
Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, highlighted the challenges of implementing such legislation, particularly in relation to the concept of 'privacy by design'. Fitzgerald expressed concerns about a phased approach, questioning, "What do they [companies] have to build? Where are the goal posts so that they set up consumer rights that will work in practice? So that they keep no obligations on what type of data they're going to collect and what purposes they're going to use it for?"
The discussions at the summit underscored the ongoing debate and collaboration between industry stakeholders and regulators in shaping policies that balance consumer protection with technological innovation.
