TIRANA, April 24 /ATA/ The Commissioner for the Right to Information and Protection of Personal Data, Besnik Dervishi, participated in the 25th edition of the Annual Global Privacy Summit, organized by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in Washington, DC.
As part of Data Protection Authorities Day, the summit discussed the challenges of personal data protection in light of international cooperation, the independence of supervisory authorities, the perspectives of civil society, and more.
The agenda for this summit included meetings between Data Protection Commissioners and senior officials from U.S. institutions.
During his visit to the U.S. Department of Justice, Besnik Dervishi held meetings with Peter A. Winn, Director of Privacy and Civil Liberties, and Ambassador Sting Lang, International Coordinator for Communication and Information Policies. The discussions focused on Albania’s new personal data protection law and the challenges associated with its implementation.
Dervishi also held a meeting with Andrew Ferguson, the head of the Federal Trade Commission, where they discussed data protection, with a particular focus on the implementation of the EU-U.S. data protection framework, in accordance with the European Commission Decision 2023/1795, dated July 10, 2023.
The Global Privacy Summit is an event that brings together professionals from various fields, including key policymakers, technologists, authors, and entrepreneurs from around the world. They discuss and seek solutions to strategic issues and daily challenges related to privacy, artificial intelligence governance, and digital responsibility.
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