MISSION REPORT
EDPB Participant(s)
Type of activity
Series of meetings with trade and advocacy associations at sector level,
academia and press in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Napa Valley.
Organiser(s)
The EDPB Chair was invited as speaker / panellist by the Information
Technology Industry Council (ITI), Open Austria, EU Delegation Washington
DC, EU Consulates General, Aspen Institute, the Future of Privacy Forum and
the Business Software Alliance (BSA). She also did interviews with M-Lex and
Thomson Reuters.
Date(s)
6-12 November 2018
Location
San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Napa Valley (U.S.)
Subject(s) covered
Impact of GDPR 5 months into its application
Explain GDPR and role of EDPB
Potential outcomes of the discussion on US federal legislation on
privacy.
Objective(s) of the
Collect feedback from US stakeholders on first 5 months of GDPR’s
mission + assessment
entry into application;
Report on how GDPR has been faring in first 5 months from EDPB
perspective;
Educate on EDPB role and explain approach GDPR;
Engage with US stakeholders in debate on federal privacy law versus
sectoral/state laws.
Case file number1
MAIN ISSUES DISCUSSED
Scope meetings:
7.11: Meeting ITI (Information Technology Industry Council):
ITI is a Washington-based trade and advocacy association. Attendees included Chief Privacy Officers for
Microsoft, Samsung North America, eBay, Synopsis, VISA, Palo Alto Networks, Workday, Panasonic
Avionics, Plaid Inc, NetAPP, WMare, TaskRabbit, Facebook, Apple, Schneider Electric, Workday,
Salesforce, Accenture, McCaffee and Google.
The Chair gave a short speech followed by a moderated debate with participants.
7.11 Interview M-Lex:
The Chair was interviewed by technology reporters
and
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7.11 Meeting Open Austria, EU Delegation Washington DC, EU Consulates General:
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Open Austria is an initiative to connect Austrian entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and creative minds
active in Silicon Valley. The Chair gave a short speech followed by a moderated debate with Cindy Cohn,
(Executive Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation), Lindsey Finch (Chief Data Privacy Officer,
Salesforce), Chris Rile (Director of Public Policy, Mozilla) and Mason Weisz (International Data
Protection Lawyer, ZwillGen).
8.11 Interview Thomson Reuters:
The Chair was interviewed by technology reporters
8.11: Moderated debate at Aspen Cyber Summit:
The Aspen Institute is a global platform/non-partisan international think tank, offering opportunities for
business and politicians to meet. This year its annual Cyber Summit was held in San Francisco.
The Chair took part in a moderated debate with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
9.11: Meeting Future of Privacy Forum (FPF):
FPF is a Washington-based think-tank focused on privacy issues. Attendees included Chief Privacy
Officers / Privacy Counsels from Twitter, Google, Quantcast, Electronic Arts, Workday, AdRoll, Splunk,
Qualcomm, Dropbox, Esomar, LiveRamp, Facebook, Slack, Ancestor, VISA, Shopify, Netflix, Uber,
Linkedin.
9.11: Meeting at Berkeley Law Faculty, Berkeley University:
The Chair met for a discussion with Berkeley Law Professors
12.11: Meeting BSA, the Software Alliance:
BSA is a trade group representing a number of the world's large
st software makers. Attendees included:
IBM, Symantec, Siemens, Adobe, Ansys, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley, Box, Cadence, CA Technologies,
DataStax, DocuSign, Informatica, Microsoft, Okta, Oracle, Salesforce, SAS, Splunk, TrendMicro and
Workday.
The Chair gave a short speech followed by a moderated debate.
Main key messages conveyed by the Chair during the discussions:
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FOLLOW UP (Conclusions/Ideas to Take Home/Further steps)
Main findings:
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