This program will consist of a panel discussion on a current topic in European Law, followed by an administrative meeting to discuss and collect signatures for the petition to the AALS to establish a new Section on European Law.
Global privacy law is in flux. The European Commission has proposed a new data privacy regulation that contains a number of far-reaching innovations, including the right to be forgotten, the right to data portability, the duty to give consumers notice of data breaches, sweeping new regulatory powers for the European Commission, and unprecedented administrative fines amounting to as much as 2% of a corporation’s annual worldwide revenue. In the United States, the Obama Administration has announced its support for a Do Not Track mechanism, limitations on the collection and use of personal data, and greater oversight of data brokers. Will these changes mitigate or exacerbate the deep and longstanding transatlantic dispute over privacy law? How will they affect European and American efforts to export their models of data privacy to the rest of the world? Will Europe remain a leader in setting global privacy standards? The panelists will discuss these and other issues of significance for transatlantic relations and global privacy regulation.