Roundtable on the latest Data Protection developments and challenges
We are happy to invite you to attend a new edition of our roundtable event of Privacy Buzz Sessions. As some of you are already used to, the hosts of the event will be our colleagues, Flavius Florea and Nina Lazar, within the Wolf Theiss’ TMT, IP and Data Protection practice in Bucharest. The event will take place on Thursday, 9 May 2024, from 9:30 a.m., at our headquarters in Bucharest, 4 Vasile Alecsandri Street, The Landmark, Building A, 4th Floor.
In this meeting, we will be covering various topics, including but not limited to:
- EDPB’s Opinion on Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models;
- Main directions included in EDPB’s Strategy 2024-2027.
If you are interested to:
- keep yourself up to date with the latest developments in the privacy field and gain valuable information from your peers;
- address additional subjects and debate them with reputed privacy professionals;
- meet and greet with other professionals,
we welcome you to join us and create together the space for a lively and active discussion.
When & Where:
Date: 9 May 2024
Start: 09:30
End: 11:00
Location: Wolf Theiss Romania, 4 Vasile Alecsandri Street, The Landmark, Building A, 4th Floor, Bucharest, Romania
Privacy Buzz Sessions #9
Roundtable on the latest Data Protection developments and challenges We are happy to invite you to attend a new edition of our roundtable event of Privacy Buzz Sessions. As some of you are already used to, the hosts of the event will be our colleagues, Flavius Florea and Nina Lazar, within the Wolf Theiss’ TMT, […]...
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