Catherine Lennman
Catherine Lennman holds an LLM degree in European Integration from the Saarland University (Germany) and a lic. iur. from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). She has been working for the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) since September 2010, covering legal aspects of data protection in various subject matters, such as writing of data protection opinions in legislative procedures, assisting data subjects as well as Swiss federal authorities in data protection issues and conducting data protection inspections. Since 2017, she is Delegate for International Affairs and Francophonie. She represents the FDPIC at several international working groups (e.g. GPA, AFAPDP). Since 2020, she is the president of the Working Group on the Role of Personal Data Protection in International Development Aid, International Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management set up by the Global Privacy Assembly.
Sessions in which Catherine Lennman participates
Thursday 15 May, 2025
In humanitarian crises, every bit of information can be a lifeline for those in need, which makes data a vital factor in providing food, shelter, and basic human needs. There is a real person behind every dot and dash of data. This brings great responsibility! DP can is a life and death matt...
The work to promote the right to protection of personal data carried out for 17 years by the AFAPDP through the action of its 27 members, contributes to the implementation of the Bamako Declaration. The main mission of data protection authorities, the one that guides their action and the use of their resources, is the protection of individuals. This is reflected in the objectives (Article 1) of many privacy laws in the French-speaking world.&nbsp...