CIPL Publishes its 2025 Year in Review
As we begin the new year, we are pleased to share CIPL’s 2025 Year in Review, highlighting a year of impactful work, global engagement, and meaningful progress in responsible innovation and data protection. The 2025 Year in Review reflects CIPL’s continued leadership in shaping the global conversation on privacy, data protection, responsible innovation, and emerging […]
CIPL’s Bojana Bellamy Delivers Keynote at the Baltic Privacy and Innovation Summit
Last week, CIPL President Bojana Bellamy delivered a compelling keynote address at the LDAPA Baltic Privacy and Innovation Summit, focusing on the powerful role of data privacy and smart regulation in enabling European competitiveness, innovation, and economic growth. In her address titled “How Data Privacy and Smart Regulation Can Be an Enabler of European Competitiveness, […]
CIPL Hosts Multistakeholder Dialogue on Age Assurance in Partnership with the WeProtect Global Alliance
On Friday 13 June, CIPL partnered with the WeProtect Global Alliance to host a Multistakeholder Dialogue on Age Assurance – Workshop on Interoperability, hosted in Brussels. As children and young people increasingly engage in the digital world, ensuring their safety and privacy online is a global priority. Governments, regulators, and service providers are turning to […]
CIPL’s Eden Tayyip Speaks at The National Privacy Commission’s Privacy Awareness Week in Singapore
On 26 May, CIPL Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and Emerging Technologies Fellow Eden Tayyip joined two expert panels at the National Privacy Commission’s Privacy Awareness Week 2025. Eden spoke alongside Anna Gamvros (A&O Shearman), Lori Baker (Dubai), and Mariana Gómez Rodríguez (Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (INAI)) on ‘Evolving […]
CIPL’s Natascha Gerlach Speaks at the European Business Summit 2025
On Thursday, 5 June, CIPL Director of Privacy and Data Policy Natascha Gerlach CIPP/E joined a panel at the European Business Summits 2025 event, discussing ‘Enhancing European Competitiveness Through Open and Secure Digital Ecosystems’. She was joined by Tasos Stampelos (Mozilla), Els Bruggeman (euroconsumers), Bartlomiej Telejko (Google), and Jennifer Baker (EU Reporter). As Europe moves […]
CIPL Hosts AI Act Forum II in Brussels
We recently hosted the CIPL AI Act Forum II in Brussels, bringing together industry experts, regulators, and policymakers to explore the complex interplay between data protection and the obligations of the AI Act. Forum participants acknowledged that while GDPR effectively governs personal data, it is not the sole answer for regulating AI. Discussions highlighted the […]
CIPL Publishes Takeaways from Roundtable on Innovation, AI and Data Protection: Smart Regulation in a Changing World
As global conversations around data privacy and digital innovation intensify, a new frontier is emerging—one where responsible data governance becomes a key enabler of economic growth and technological advancement. Recognizing this, the CIPL hosted a high-level roundtable on 1 April 2025 titled “Smart Regulation in a Changing World: Smart Regulation in a Changing World”. The […]
CIPL Announces New Fellow, Christopher Foreman
We are excited to announce our newest CIPL Fellow Christopher Foreman! Chris has 20+ years’ experience in global privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, trademark infringement litigation, and EU pharmaceutical law. Most recently, Chris was the Chief Privacy Officer at Merck & Co., Inc., (MSD). Heading the Global Privacy Office, he led a team responsible for the governance […]
CIPL In Focus Launches in New York City
Yesterday, the CIPL convened a dynamic group of global leaders and privacy experts in New York City for the first installment of our CIPL In Focus event series. The day was filled with fast-moving, in-depth discussions focused on the future of data privacy, governance, cybersecurity, and responsible innovation in an increasingly complex regulatory and technological […]
AI Act Article 4: AI Literacy Best Practices and Recommendations for Practitioners
As a first part of CIPL’s EU AI Act Implementation Project and in conjunction with ongoing research on the responsible and accountable development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems, CIPL has identified Article 4 AI literacy best practices and recommendations for practitioners. AI Literacy Best Practices for Whom? These best practices can be adapted and […]
CIPL’s Mark Smith Participates in the Global CBPR Workshop in Singapore
At the end of May, CIPL Senior Manager of Privacy and Data Policy, Mark Smith represented CIPL at the Global CBPR Workshop hosted by the IMDA in Singapore. Mark presented CIPL’s work on mapping data protection regimes to the Global CBPR, and he moderated a panel with Ibukunoluwa Owa CIPP/E (Nigeria), Ailana Linhares (Brazil), Prapanpong […]
