CNIL Official Provides Insight Into EU Privacy Law Reform

Raynal was joined at the AmCham roundtable by Christian Pardieu, Head of Privacy Policy for GE in Europe.  Pardieu and Raynal agreed on the main topics that would be covered by the future EU reform package:

• simplification of notification formalities;

• the ‘right to be forgotten’;

• accountability principle;

• applicable law.

When discussing the accountability principle, Pardieu pointed out that corporations should receive a benefit from voluntarily implementing audit and other accountability measures, whereas Raynal said the CNIL did not view accountability as “trade-off” for other benefits.  For the CNIL, accountability is part of compliance with a data controller’s legal obligations, although she said that accountability measures may not be appropriate for all kinds of businesses.

Raynal concluded with a discussion on BCRs, including the new timeframes applicable to multi-jurisdictional applications, useful tips on drafting BCRs.

The full summary of the AmCham meeting is available here: CNIL AmCham meeting on Revision of EU Privacy Directive

Hogan Lovells partner Winston Maxwell co-chairs the AmCham’s New Media, IT and Privacy Committee, which hosted this event.

Authored by Winston Maxwell