Data Protection Update (Guernsey)

Description

This update examines the current data protection landscape in Guernsey, with a focus on obligations under the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2017. The session will review regulatory priorities, recent enforcement actions, and emerging areas of risk for organisations handling personal data. It is designed to help firms strengthen governance frameworks and maintain compliance while supporting business operations.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker. 

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content

  • Regulatory expectations and enforcement activity

  • Controller and processor responsibilities

  • Managing data breaches and reporting obligations

  • Cross-border data transfers

  • Embedding data protection into governance frameworks

 

Presenter

Rachel Masterton

Deputy Data Protection Commissioner at the Office of the Data Protection Authority

Speaker TBC 

Rachel is a founder member of the Office of the Data Protection Authority, joining in 2013 and helping to build a thriving office which focuses on the ‘human’ side of data protection. Her encyclopaedic knowledge of Guernsey’s Data Protection legislation is a superpower in her role supervising the regulatory and enforcement functions of the ODPA, as well as deputising for the Data Protection Commissioner.

In 2024, Rachel’s responsibilities expanded to include international partnerships as the ODPA expanded its horizons under the new commissioner, taking on the role of co-Chair of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA)’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group. She also oversees strategic planning, development and governance as part of her role in the senior leadership team.

Prior to joining the ODPA, Rachel began her career in data protection with eight and a half years at Guernsey Police as their data protection and information security officer. During this time, she gained the ISEB Certificate in Data Protection and invaluable hands-on experience of dealing with data protection issues ‘at the coalface’.  In June 2018 she completed a Master’s degree in Information Rights Law and Practice; with her dissertation entitled “Leaving the EU: the data protection implications of a ‘Hard Brexit’ for UK businesses with EU data flows and clients”.

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