Discussion on International Privacy Standards Held at the Second Japan Privacy Conference
The Foundation for Privacy and Access (FPF) hosted the Second Annual Japan Privacy Symposium on November 25, 2024, at the Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo, Japan. The event provided a valuable forum for commissioners from around the globe to share their perspectives with privacy leaders and community members.
The symposium was supported by S&K Brussels LPC and in cooperation with the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (PPC) and the Japan DPO Association. FPF, a global non-profit organization with offices in Washington D.C., Brussels, Tel Aviv, and its headquarters, brings together academics, civil society, government officials, and industry to evaluate the societal, policy, and legal implications of data use.
Commissioner OHSHIMA Shuhei opened the event with a keynote speech. The panel discussions featured insights from Philippe Dufresne, Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Canada; Ashkan Soltani, Executive Director, California Privacy Protection Agency; Nazri Kama, Commissioner, Personal Data Protection Department of Malaysia; Thienchai Na Nakorn, Chairman, Personal Data Protection Committee, Thailand; and Josh Lee Kok Thong, Managing Director for APAC, FPF. They discussed upcoming regulatory priorities for data protection authorities.
The event took place on the sidelines of the 62nd Asia-Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum. While specific details about the symposium, such as its speakers and agenda, were not found in the provided search results, key themes in the broader privacy and regulatory context in Japan and APAC in 2024-2025 included privacy enforcement trends and regulatory updates, privacy automation, and the evolving privacy landscape involving multiple jurisdictions.
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Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, FPF's Vice President for Global Privacy, expressed excitement about the event. The Second Annual Japan Privacy Symposium 2024 marked another significant step in fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing among privacy leaders worldwide.
- Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, the Vice President for Global Privacy at FPF, highlighted the Second Annual Japan Privacy Symposium 2024 as another meaningful step towards fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing among global privacy leaders.
- Commissioners from around the world joined the Second Annual Japan Privacy Symposium 2024, held at the Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo, to share their perspectives with privacy leaders and community members.
- FPF, a global non-profit organization with offices in Washington D.C., Brussels, Tel Aviv, and its headquarters, focuses on bringing together academics, civil society, government officials, and industry to evaluate the societal, policy, and legal implications of data use in education-and-self-development and technology fields.
- Key themes in the broader privacy and regulatory context in Japan and APAC in 2024-2025 include privacy enforcement trends and regulatory updates, privacy automation, and the evolving privacy landscape involving multiple jurisdictions.
