Mar 92022

Data Protection in Financial Services Week 2022

Francesca Blythe, Sally Wagner Partin, Colleen Theresa Brown, William RM Long, Clayton G. Northouse, Alan Charles Raul, Sujit Raman and Max Charles Savoie
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WEBINAR

From February 28-March 3, Sidley and OneTrust DataGuidance hosted their annual Data Protection in Financial Services (DPFS) Week, a series of webinars looking at the impacts of data privacy across the financial sector. Industry speakers covered a range of issues including:

  • How the latest privacy and cybersecurity developments in Europe and the U.S. have impacted financial services
  • How new and existing privacy and cyber requirements intersect with finance-specific regulation
  • What financial organizations can do to keep ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving data privacy and cyber landscape
  • How to deal with and manage the key issues for 2022, such as AI, data governance, and international transfers

General Session: Government Keynote and International Transfers – Monday, February 28

  • Bruno Gencarelli, Head of Data Flows and Protection, European Commission
  • Joe Jones, Deputy Director, International Data Transfers, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, UK
  • Noah J. Phillips, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
  • William Long, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Alan Raul, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Managing Cybersecurity – Tuesday, March 1

  • Justin Herring, Executive Deputy Superintendent, Cybersecurity Division, New York State Department of Financial Services
  • Ryan J. Leszczynski, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Corey Schuster, Assistant Director, Asset Management Unit at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Colleen Brown, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Max Savoie, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Fintech, Data Rights, Data Governance, and AI – Wednesday, March 2

  • Vivienne Artz OBE, Data Strategy and Privacy Policy Advisor, Centre for Information Policy Leadership
  • Sina Kian, VP of Strategy, Aleo
  • Caroline Louveaux, Chief Privacy Officer, Mastercard
  • Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs
  • Francesca Blythe, Senior Managing Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Sujit Raman, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Privacy and Cyber Issues in PE and Corporate Transactions – Thursday, March 3

  • Brett Habstritt, Partner, ShoreView Industries, LLC
  • Mike Jones, Associate General Counsel, Privacy M&A, Meta Platforms, Inc
  • Jordan Rae Kelly, Senior Managing Director, Head of Americas Cybersecurity, FTI Consulting
  • Sally Wagner Partin, Partner Sidley Austin LLP
  • Clayton Northouse, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

 

Francesca Blythe

London

fblythe@sidley.com

Sally Wagner Partin

San Francisco, Palo Alto

swagnerpartin@sidley.com

Colleen Theresa Brown

Washington, D.C.

cbrown@sidley.com

William RM Long

London

wlong@sidley.com

Clayton G. Northouse

cnorthouse@sidley.com

Alan Charles Raul

Washington, D.C., New York

araul@sidley.com

Sujit Raman

sraman@sidley.com

Max Charles Savoie

London

msavoie@sidley.com

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