Select a region
Guernsey’s top two data protection officials have represented the island at an international summit discussing illegal data scraping practices.
Commissioner Brent Homan and Deputy Rachel Masterton attended the IAPP Global Privacy Summit event, with Mr Homan chairing a discussion on international enforcement against people's personal data being taken illegally online.
Meetings were also held with regulatory colleagues to discuss recent updates from the federal government and other executive agencies such as the FTC.
AI systems were also discussed to help data protection activities.
The island is one of 14 regulators who have committed to stamp out data scraping and called on social media firms to take greater steps to protect individuals’ information.
“The success of the data scraping joint statement in reinforcing global safeguards against the unlawful harvesting of personal information was on full display during the panel discussion”, said Commissioner Homan.
“The joint action demonstrates how the Bailiwick can make a global impact in protecting privacy rights by joining forces and speaking in a unified voice alongside international partners.
“This visit has been invaluable in gathering and sharing developments in privacy and data protection including the protection of children and their data, the future of financial privacy amidst rapid technological innovation and leveraging the Bailiwick’s recently confirmed EU adequacy status.
“The Bailiwick has much to share with the global community, as a leading global financial services hub where the ODPA strives to ensure the highest level of data protection standards and security safeguards.”
Comments
Comments on this story express the views of the commentator only, not Bailiwick Publishing. We are unable to guarantee the accuracy of any of those comments.