As part of the Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., an activity dedicated to Data Protection Authorities (DPA Day) was held, with a special agenda focused on strengthening institutional cooperation and the latest developments in the field of privacy.
In this context, the Information and Data Protection Commissioner, Besnik Dervishi, participated in high-level sessions by holding meetings and discussions with representatives of regulatory and law enforcement institutions.
In the opening session, participants were introduced to the experiences of representatives of important American institutions, including the Deputy Director of Enforcement of the California Privacy Protection Agency, as well as the Deputy Attorney General of the Delaware Department of Justice, John Allen Eakins, with whom they discussed best practices in the field of investigations and enforcement of the law on the protection of personal data.
The agenda continued with a high-level panel on the US administration’s priorities in the field of privacy, with the participation of representatives from the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Part of the program was also a session held on Capitol Hill on the current legislative approach of the United States to protect consumer privacy, organized with the participation of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. The activities continued with an institutional visit to the Federal Trade Commission, where a reception was held organized by the Office of International Relations of this institution.
As part of these activities, Commissioner Dervishi also held meetings with representatives of counterpart institutions and international partners, exchanging experiences on the implementation of legislation for the protection of personal data, oversight mechanisms and new challenges brought by technological development.
The activity concluded with a meeting with the President of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew N. Ferguson, where strengthening inter-institutional cooperation and international coordination in the field of data protection was discussed.