Ms Alison Howard
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 attends
Monday 17 April, 2023
Tuesday 18 April, 2023
For morning coffee breaks from Monday 17 to Friday 21 April, vouchers will be available to enjoy a typical Italian coffee at Caffè Rosso if you attend the sessions at Santa Margherita Auditorium or at Venice Eat if you attend the sessions at Ca’ Foscari or Ca' Dolfin.In addition we will also offer a coffee break at Scuola Grande di San Rocco on Tuesday 18 April.
This panel will explore the interconnected nature of transatlantic cross-border data transfers with a variety of stakeholders. It will touch upon the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and other adequacy decisions as a means to bridge the gap between transatlantic data flows and standards. The panel will also explore key challenges to transatlantic data transfers, such as government access to data, and discuss international initiatives taken to develop a co...
The buffet lunch will take place at Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
For the 25th Anniversary of the Italian Data Protection Authority in September 2022 the Garante organised the “State of privacy” event, in Pietrarsa (Naples) where, in parallel with other thematic tables, the first Data Protection and Human Rights Roundtable explored the interplay of privacy and data protection with other human rights (State of Privacy...
We will have inaugurate the second edition of the Privacy Symposium on Tuesday 18th of April and enjoy the Official Welcome Reception at Scuola Grande di San Rocco at 6:00 pm.This Reception will take place In this magnificent building, dating back to the 15th century with of numerous artworks by the famous Venetian painter TintorettoFor your co...
Wednesday 19 April, 2023
The role of the Data Protection Officer has greatly evolved since the nomination of the first DPO in the Land of Hesse, Germany in 1971. Originally designed to protect citizens privacy against too much scrutiny from the state, it shall now protect people from the invasive curiosity of private companies, large and small, as well as from increasingly active criminal organizations. New EU regulations aim at controlling large internet actors with the Digital Services Act and the Data Marketing...
For morning coffee breaks from Monday 17 to Friday 21 April, vouchers will be available to enjoy a typical Italian coffee at Caffè Rosso if you attend the sessions at Santa Margherita Auditorium or at Venice Eat if you attend the sessions at Ca’ Foscari or Ca' Dolfin.
The buffet lunch will take place at the Court and the Spazi Espositivi at Ca’ Foscari University next to the Welcome and Registration Desk.
Thursday 20 April, 2023
The buffet lunch will take place at the Court and the Spazi Espositivi at Ca’ Foscari University next to the Welcome and Registration Desk.