Privacy and Data Protection 2020 and the Age of COVID-19

A discussion of what to expect and how to respond when ransomware strikes, including the potential legal consequences. Elizabeth Cookson also shares her substantial experience negotiating with the bad actors when necessary so that a victim can decrypt and recover, and what factors can accelerate or complicate restoration efforts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered how many companies interface with their employees, customers, and stakeholders. In a new world of primarily remote interaction, workplace lockdowns, health screening, and a heavy reliance on third parties for operational tasks, companies face a myriad of complex privacy and data protection concerns. This presentation focuses on privacy and data protection considerations for navigating the COVID-19 landscape and discusses best practices for companies to protect their employees, customers, systems, and data.

It seems like a new global or domestic privacy law is being introduced every week. Just when you thought that your program was complete and running smoothly, all of a sudden you must figure out a way to implement and maintain a new requirement. Learn about reliable management tools for a data privacy and cybersecurity compliance program from the experts. Our panel of in-house lawyers from the public and private sector discuss how to make it easy to operationalize overlapping laws and how to make sure that your compliance program is always up to date.