DT | The GDPR and KC: The Impact of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation on Kansas City Entities

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has unprecedented extra-territorial reach. Many local entities are subject to this new law. Penalties for non-compliance are significant-- as high as 20 million euros or 4 percent of annual worldwide revenues. Organizations to which the GDPR applies must not only takes steps in furtherance of their own compliance, but also to help ensure that any vendors that they permit to access EU personal data are compliant.

This presentation will address:

Why the GDPR may impact your organization even if your organization has no European operations
The risks of non-compliance
What organizations must do to prepare to meet their expansive data protection obligations under the GDPR
How the GDPR is spawning stricter data protection laws around the globe (including in the U.S.)

**This program is 1 of 6 presentations that will be hosted by the Institute of Management Accountants' Kansas City Chapter. If you are an accounting or finance professional who would like to attend all six presentations and obtain 8 hours of continuing education credit for the entire day's program, please visit kansascity.imanet.org.

Speaker Bio:

Laura Clark Fey, who was recently accepted as one of 27 U.S. attorneys recognized by the IAPP and ABA as Privacy Law Specialists, is a global data privacy and cybersecurity lawyer. Her industry experience includes financial services; pharmaceutical and medical devices; food and beverage; architecture, engineering, and construction; retail, aviation; manufacturing; chemical; insurance; healthcare; broadcast, media and entertainment; energy; telecommunications; and technology.

Laura utilizes her deep expertise in data privacy and cybersecurity to helps U.S. and multinational organizations develop and implement practical, legally compliant solutions to their unique privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Laura is a member of the inaugural class of IAPP Fellows of Information Privacy (FIP). She is a Certified U.S. and European Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US; CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission have named Laura as one of 20 independent arbitrators who will resolve privacy complaints brought under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Her experience includes being an Honor’s Program attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, where she was an Outstanding Performance Award recipient.

Laura has been selected as a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer® for eleven straight years beginning in 2007. Super Lawyers® identifies the top five percent of lawyers as chosen by their peers and through independent research. Ingram’s magazine recognized Laura’s exceptional leadership abilities and accomplishments by naming her to Kansas City’s “40 Under Forty.”
Fey LLC Site

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Date and Time

Friday Oct 26, 2018
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM CDT

October 26, 2018
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Program from 10:30 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.
Lunch from 11:55 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Location

Central Exchange Downtown
1020 Central Street STE 100
Kansas City, MO 64105

Fees/Admission

$0.00 Members
$35.00 Non-Members

Contact Information

Kaylah Perry
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