Global Data Privacy and Data Transfer Webinar
About
Join the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Digital Services Industries (ODSI) to hear about the latest tools for U.S. firms to transfer data internationally consistent with foreign privacy laws. This is a unique opportunity to hear presentations from three U.S. government experts to help U.S. companies navigate the complex global environment for cross-border data flows and data privacy.
- Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum – helps companies navigate global data transfers while ensuring compliance with diverse privacy regulations.
- EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and its implications for transatlantic data transfers. Will also address relevant Swiss and United Kingdom data transfer frameworks.
- India – insights into India’s evolving data privacy landscape, focusing on recent regulatory changes and trends shaping the region.
- Africa & Middle East – hear about broad trends and major updates impacting global data transfers in Africa and the Middle East.
Why Should I Join:
- Participation in the EU-U.S. DPF and the CBPR System can help companies access international markets and increase their participation in the global economy.
- The Cross-Border Privacy Rules System is a government-recognized data privacy certification for companies that facilitates cross-border data flows across different data privacy regimes and allows companies to certify their global operations to internationally recognized data privacy standards.
- Companies that are CBPR certified demonstrate strong privacy protections to consumers and business partners, providing an opportunity for participating companies to signal this at a time when data privacy is increasingly important to consumers.
- July 2024 marked the first anniversary since the European Commission approved data transfers under the EU-U.S. DPF, which was developed to further transatlantic commerce and provide legal stability to transatlantic data flows. The DPF allows U.S. companies to self-certify compliance and thereafter receive personal data from countries in the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
LEARN ABOUT OUR EVENTS
Speakers
Brian Peck (Moderator)
Executive Director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law @ USC Gould School of Law
Brian Peck joined the USC Gould School of Law in 2016 and serves as executive director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business and adjunct assistant professor of law. The USC Center for Transnational Law and Business promotes world-class policy analysis and debate to help international businesses navigate the complex matrix of varied trade and compliance policies around the world.
Peck served as deputy director in charge of international affairs and business development for the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) from 2013 to 2016. GO-Biz is the lead state agency for California’s economic strategy on issues relating to international trade and investment. As an international trade and intellectual property attorney, Peck advised multinational clients on international trade, regulatory and compliance matters, international government and policy affairs, global IP asset management and trade-related IP matters.
Peck was senior director for intellectual property at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from 2003-2005, and director of Japanese Affairs at USTR from 2001-2003. He was the lead negotiator for the intellectual property chapters in several Free Trade Agreements, including the U.S.-Colombia, U.S.-Peru and U.S.-Panama FTAs. He also oversaw the implementation of intellectual property provisions in the U.S.-Chile FTA and the CAFTA-DR Agreement. As senior director, Peck led an interagency team responsible for developing and implementing policies to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Latin America; and was also responsible for overseeing U.S. trading partners’ compliance with bilateral and international obligations to protect and enforce IP rights. As director for Japanese Affairs, Peck co-chaired the U.S.-Japan Information Technologies Working Group, and worked on regulatory reform initiatives in Japan’s legal regime for IP rights, as well as in the IT, e-commerce and telecommunications sectors. He also led bilateral talks with several Asian countries under the WTO negotiations to liberalize international markets for services; and led the U.S. delegation at the WTO TRIPS Council meetings on IP matters.
Prior to his work for the U.S. Trade Representative, Peck was an attorney-advisor with the Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Administration at the Department of Commerce from 1998-2001, where he participated in a number of antidumping and countervailing duty cases. He also participated in litigation before the Court of International Trade and international dispute settlement panels, including an appearance before a WTO Panel in Geneva.
Before earning his law degree, Peck lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan, for more than nine years and held management positions with both U.S. and Japanese companies. Peck graduated Order of the Coif and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he served as a member of the San Diego Law Review. He received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ari Ness
Policy Advisor, Office of Global Data Policy and Privacy @ U.S. DOC International Trade Administration
Ari Ness is a Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce, leading on data policy and digital economy issues in Africa and the Middle East.
Since joining the Global Data Policy and Privacy Team in 2020, Ari has spearheaded initiatives on data privacy, cross-border data flows, and global health data, while co-leading the Digital Attaché program and supporting the administration of the Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System.
Previously, Ari served as an International Trade Specialist and Administrator for the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield Team, where he gained in-depth expertise in GDPR compliance, earning his CIPP/E certification for comprehensive GDPR knowledge.
Jill Cota
Policy Advisor and Administrator, Office of Global Data Policy and Privacy @ U.S. DOC International Trade Administration
Jillian (Jill) Cota serves as a Policy Advisor and Administrator for the Office of Data Privacy and Policy within the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. In this role, Jill works on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework team were she assists in overseeing and administering the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and other data protection issues for the European region. In addition to this, Jill covers content moderation and online safety issues, and how it relates to mis-/dis- information and privacy.
She holds a master’s degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University and holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in Political Science and Economics. Prior to this role, she served as a Google Public Policy Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, where she worked on Data Privacy, AI, and Content Moderation Issues.
Kathleen Aldrich
Policy Advisor, Office of Global Data Policy and Privacy @ U.S. DOC International Trade Administration
Kathleen Aldrich is a Policy Advisor with the Office of Global Data Policy and Privacy within the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Her portfolio covers cross-border data flows and data privacy issues in non-EU Europe, North America, India, China, and data protection priorities in the G7 and G20. Prior to joining ITA, she interned with the China Practice at Albright Stonebridge Group and with the Foreign Commercial Service office at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, China. She also worked with the International Policy Department at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, supporting the Chamber’s trade events and trade policy priorities.
She holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and World Business, Mandarin Concentration from the University of Tennessee.
