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Ms Alison Howard

Assistant General Councel
Microsoft Corp (USA)
Participates in 2 items

Alison Howard is an assistant general counsel in the privacy legal team at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, and leads Microsoft's global Office of Data Protection.  She assists with Microsoft's efforts around the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and global regulations, engaging with data protection authorities and supporting Microsoft's data protection commitments to customers.

Before joining Microsoft in 2005, she was an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Seattle.  She was a journalist at newspapers in California and Idaho before becoming a lawyer.

She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, her M.A. in international journalism from the University of Southern California and her B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  She has CIPP/E and CIPP/US certifications.

 

Sessions in which Ms Alison Howard participates

Tuesday 5 April, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
Social Events

Wednesday 6 April, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
Data Protection in Practice

Sessions in which Ms Alison Howard attends

Tuesday 5 April, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
Italian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italianoThis panel will focus on national developments in data protection law beyond the European Union, analyzing which core values and principles underpin different approaches to privacy and data protection legislation. What are the big enforcement cases or actions that have shaped various national or state-level approaches...

10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes

The Coffee Break for all participants will take place in Scuola Grande di San Rocco.

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italianoThis session will discuss the concept of data sovereignty, its different meanings the origin of this concept and how it relates to digital sovereignty. We will discuss the impact of this concept on lawmaking in the EU and Asia, including through data localisation issues. We will discuss how, if any, this concept is a ...

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
Innovative Technologies and Data ProtectionData Protection in Practice
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionData Protection in Practice

Session in Portuguese interpreted into English

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italianoIn an increasingly interconnected world, highly inter-dependent, dealing with the challenges of the modern data-driven and digital world, though bringing tremendous benefits for our economies and societies, also becomes increasingly challenging for privacy and the protection of personal data.  

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

The Lunch Break for all participants will take place in Scuola Grande di San Rocco.

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
Italian SessionsRegulatory EvolutionCybersecurityData Protection in Practice

Sessione in italiano

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
Italian SessionsRegulatory EvolutionData Protection in Practice

 Sessione in italiano / Session in ItalianIT:La contitolarità nel trattamento dei dati personali: occasione di efficienza organizzativa per imprese ed enti pubblici nei mercati internazionali o adempimento oneroso, tra obbligatori accordi di riparto interno (art. 26 GDPR) e problematici criteri applicativi della contitolarità ai sensi delle Linee Guida 7/2020 EDPB sul concetto di ...

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | 15 minutes
Italian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

4:50 PM
4:50 PM - 6:05 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
Social Events

Wednesday 6 April, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
Regulatory EvolutionData Protection in Practice

This session is devoted to a core aim of the GDPR: the rights of data subjects which were significantly strengthened. The speakers will present their views on different aspects of the rights, each from his own point of view. The aim of this session is to get a clearer picture: where do we stand now?

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
CybersecurityInnovative Technologies and Data ProtectionItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationData Protection in Practice
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
Data Protection in Practice
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationInnovative Technologies and Data ProtectionData Protection in PracticeCybersecurityItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour
Workshop on Health Data Protection and Compliance

The session is a part of a Workshop on eHealth, Assisted Living  and Medical Data Protection, Compliance, Interoperability and Reusability

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM | 20 minutes
Italian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour
Data Protection in Practice

Thursday 7 April, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
Regulatory EvolutionData Protection in Practice
10:10 AM
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM | 20 minutes
Italian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italianoA broad conversation about the impact of technology on society, regulation and what companies and policy makers ​can do to enable the use of technology for good while protecting individuals. 

10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
Regulatory EvolutionData Protection in PracticeSocio-economic Perspective

This session will focus to rights of the children incl. those related to privacy as outlined by the GDPR. The panelists will approach this from their different perspectives as a European Supervisory Authority, a leading social media platform provider, and a researcher company.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionData Protection in PracticeCybersecurity
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory Evolution
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
Italian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
Data Protection in PracticeSocio-economic Perspective
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
International CooperationRegulatory EvolutionCybersecurityHealth and Medical DataInnovative Technologies and Data ProtectionSocio-economic PerspectiveItalian Sessions

Session in English interpreted into Italian / Sessione in inglese con la traduzione in italiano