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GDPR guest lecture 4: Working with data protection issues

As part of teaching activities offered at the elective course JUS-294-2-A “Privacy and data protection – GDPR”, all our students and other persons interested in data protection and the GDPR are warmly welcome to join four guest lectures. The lectures are held by privacy and data protection experts working in both public and private sector. For details concerning the guest lecturers, topics of their lectures and participation, please check the invitations below.

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All interested students and other data protection enthusiasts are now kindly invited to register for the final guest lecture in data protection and GDPR with Gry Hvidsten, Partner at Wikborg Rein’s Oslo office, Head of WR's Data Protection Practice and deputy of the firm's Technology and Digitalisation practice. 

Gry Hvidsten, Partner at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office, Head of WR's Data Protection Practice and deputy of the firm's Technology and Digitalisation practice. Gry will talk about her experience working with data protection issues.

Gry has been working with data protection issues for more than 20 years; in the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice, in Norway's largest company, Equinor, and as a long-time business lawyer. She assists both public and private companies in a variety of industries with questions related to compliance, introduction of new technology and new solutions, privacy in the workplace, whistleblowing/investigation, digitalization and digital business, sanctions and GDPR, electronic marketing, big data analytics, GDPR due diligence related to transactions etc. Gry also assists with agreements related to the handling of data, including data processing agreements and transfer agreements related to the provision of cloud services. Over the last couple of years Gry has assisted businesses with assignments related to the Covid-19 situation and also with the aftermath of the Schrems-II decision from the European Court of Justice. She is particularly committed to helping businesses achieve compliance in practical day-to-day business as well as identifying how data protection regulations could contribute to more effective business development if the right assessments are made early in the process.”

Time and place:

10 May 10.15-12.00, Seminar room II, Faculty of Law (NO DIGITAL OPTION)