Season’s greetings
The members of the Board of Directors wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and “E Gudde Rutsch”.
Gerd Altman PixabayChange of chairman
Founding member Nathalie SPRAUER, who has held the position of president since the association was created, is stepping down in favour of Michael HOFMANN, also a founding member. After 10 years as president, Nathalie wished to hand over the reins, and at the last AGM those present expressed their appreciation and thanks to her for her commitment and dedication. Throughout this period, the association has become a recognised player in the field of personal data protection in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The new board is composed as follows
Michael HOFMANN Chairman
Renaud LE SQUEREN Vice-Chairman
Georges WANTZ Vice-Chairman
Florian PONCIN Secretary – Pria DIGAMBAL NAYAGUM and Shariq ARIF Deputy Secretaries
Dolores PEREZ Treasurer – Shariq ARIF Deputy Treasurer
pexels-nataliya-vaitkevichDPO of the year 2023
The 2023 DPO of the Year award went to Julien Winkin, Partner and founder of LuxGap sàrl, an APDL member.
New members of the Board of Directors
The APDL is pleased to announce the appointment of 3 new directors at its General Meeting on 10 October
| Shariq ARIF
Director, Business Advisory Grant Thornton Membre depuis juin 2019 |
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| Maria-Dolores PEREZ
Head of Data Protection Officer Quintet Group Membre depuis septembre 2018 |
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| Manu ROCHE
Data Protection Officer Protéine Membre depuis février 2022 |
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DPO of the year 2023
The purpose of the Award
This recognition is personal and is meant as a career-booster.
The DPO of the Year Award has been created to give a platform to the talented professionals that make up the data protection community of Luxembourg. The purpose of this recognition is to highlight the vision and achievements of the winners as well as to extend their network and visibility in order to encourage more meaningful exchanges within the community.
The DPO of the Year becomes the Ambassador of the community for the coming year and will be invited to several events to represent the Luxembourg ecosystem.
The DPO of the Year will also remain within the DPO of the Year-awarded family as (s)he will become the next Vice-President of the jury one year following the nomination, and respectively President of the Jury on the second year after his/her nomination.
Who can apply?
The DPO Award is intended not only for the candidates having the official DPO function, but also for any other data protection and privacy responsible within an organisation of whatever size. It comes without saying that DPO-on-demand are also welcome to apply.
Why apply?
- To give visibility to your work and achievements as well as your organisation and increase your credibility
- To expand your network and be evaluated by peers
- To become even more active in the cybersecurity community in Luxembourg and help strengthen its voice (via various opportunities such as participating in interviews, networking sessions, conferences, awareness sessions, mentorships, etc)
How to apply?
- Take your chance by filling in the form below and add your most recent CV by 29 September 2023. The questionnaire invites you to share your vision and thoughts on data privacy in the current context as well as to present your greatest achievement(s) and/or challenging project(s) you have worked on.
- A jury (to be announced soon) will select the participants who will proceed to the next stage: the interview with the jury. Selected candidates will be invited to present their application to the jury.
- The winner will be announced at the Gala & Awards Night on 19 OCTOBER 2023.
The purpose of the Award
This recognition is personal and is meant as a career-booster.
The DPO of the Year Award has been created to give a platform to the talented professionals that make up the data protection community of Luxembourg. The purpose of this recognition is to highlight the vision and achievements of the winners as well as to extend their network and visibility in order to encourage more meaningful exchanges within the community.
The DPO of the Year becomes the Ambassador of the community for the coming year and will be invited to several events to represent the Luxembourg ecosystem.
The DPO of the Year will also remain within the DPO of the Year-awarded family as (s)he will become the next Vice-President of the jury one year following the nomination, and respectively President of the Jury on the second year after his/her nomination.
Who can apply?
The DPO Award is intended not only for the candidates having the official DPO function, but also for any other data protection and privacy responsible within an organisation of whatever size. It comes without saying that DPO-on-demand are also welcome to apply.
Why apply?
- To give visibility to your work and achievements as well as your organisation and increase your credibility
- To expand your network and be evaluated by peers
- To become even more active in the cybersecurity community in Luxembourg and help strengthen its voice (via various opportunities such as participating in interviews, networking sessions, conferences, awareness sessions, mentorships, etc)
How to apply?
- Take your chance by filling in the form below and add your most recent CV by 29 September 2023. The questionnaire invites you to share your vision and thoughts on data privacy in the current context as well as to present your greatest achievement(s) and/or challenging project(s) you have worked on.
- A jury (to be announced soon) will select the participants who will proceed to the next stage: the interview with the jury. Selected candidates will be invited to present their application to the jury.
- The winner will be announced at the Gala & Awards Night on 19 OCTOBER 2023.
The purpose of the Award
This recognition is personal and is meant as a career-booster.
The DPO of the Year Award has been created to give a platform to the talented professionals that make up the data protection community of Luxembourg. The purpose of this recognition is to highlight the vision and achievements of the winners as well as to extend their network and visibility in order to encourage more meaningful exchanges within the community.
The DPO of the Year becomes the Ambassador of the community for the coming year and will be invited to several events to represent the Luxembourg ecosystem.
The DPO of the Year will also remain within the DPO of the Year-awarded family as (s)he will become the next Vice-President of the jury one year following the nomination, and respectively President of the Jury on the second year after his/her nomination.
Who can apply?
The DPO Award is intended not only for the candidates having the official DPO function, but also for any other data protection and privacy responsible within an organisation of whatever size. It comes without saying that DPO-on-demand are also welcome to apply.
Why apply?
- To give visibility to your work and achievements as well as your organisation and increase your credibility
- To expand your network and be evaluated by peers
- To become even more active in the cybersecurity community in Luxembourg and help strengthen its voice (via various opportunities such as participating in interviews, networking sessions, conferences, awareness sessions, mentorships, etc)
How to apply?
- Take your chance by filling in the form below and add your most recent CV by 29 September 2023. The questionnaire invites you to share your vision and thoughts on data privacy in the current context as well as to present your greatest achievement(s) and/or challenging project(s) you have worked on.
- A jury (to be announced soon) will select the participants who will proceed to the next stage: the interview with the jury. Selected candidates will be invited to present their application to the jury.
- The winner will be announced at the Gala & Awards Night on 19 OCTOBER 2023.
The purpose of the Award
This recognition is personal and is meant as a career-booster.
The DPO of the Year Award has been created to give a platform to the talented professionals that make up the data protection community of Luxembourg. The purpose of this recognition is to highlight the vision and achievements of the winners as well as to extend their network and visibility in order to encourage more meaningful exchanges within the community.
The DPO of the Year becomes the Ambassador of the community for the coming year and will be invited to several events to represent the Luxembourg ecosystem.
The DPO of the Year will also remain within the DPO of the Year-awarded family as (s)he will become the next Vice-President of the jury one year following the nomination, and respectively President of the Jury on the second year after his/her nomination.
Who can apply?
The DPO Award is intended not only for the candidates having the official DPO function, but also for any other data protection and privacy responsible within an organisation of whatever size. It comes without saying that DPO-on-demand are also welcome to apply.
Why apply?
- To give visibility to your work and achievements as well as your organisation and increase your credibility
- To expand your network and be evaluated by peers
- To become even more active in the cybersecurity community in Luxembourg and help strengthen its voice (via various opportunities such as participating in interviews, networking sessions, conferences, awareness sessions, mentorships, etc)
How to apply?
- Take your chance by filling in the form below and add your most recent CV by 29 September 2023. The questionnaire invites you to share your vision and thoughts on data privacy in the current context as well as to present your greatest achievement(s) and/or challenging project(s) you have worked on.
- A jury (to be announced soon) will select the participants who will proceed to the next stage: the interview with the jury. Selected candidates will be invited to present their application to the jury.
- The winner will be announced at the Gala & Awards Night on 19 OCTOBER 2023.
10 years on
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RestenaInternational data transfers: new complications, thoughts and solutions
Renaud Le Squeren, Partner – Avocat à la Cour at DSM Avocats à la Cour and Vice President of APDL, participated in Data Privacy Day and spoke on the topic of “international data transfers: new complications, thoughts and solutions”.
Slides: https://dataprivacyday.lu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/05_APDL_DataPrivacyDay2023.pdf
To know more about the speakers and the event (DataPrivacyDay 2023): https://dataprivacyday.lu/
Data Privacy Day 2023 : Online registration is available
Data Privacy Day 2023 will be held at the end of the month on the occasion of the Data Protection Day with a focus on the value of educating and interpreting in Privacy.
Online registration is now open and the schedule is available.
We would be happy to welcome you and share useful information related to data privacy and data protection regulation.
Please be aware that Data Privacy Day 2023 is a hybrid event, you can attend live or virtually.
If you encounter any problem during registration, please do not hesitate to contact communication@restena.lu
We look forward to seeing you on 30 January 2023.
CSWL GALA & AWARDS NIGHT 2022
The ceremony recognised organisations and professionals for their strong commitment and engaged work towards the continued development of cybersecurity -and data protection-related activities.
DPO of the Year: Maximilien Spielmann, Commissaire du Gouvernement à la protection des données auprès de l’État
CISO of the Year: Guy Isler, CISO, Centre Commun de la Sécurité Sociale
Huge congratulations to all of them
More information here
Interview with Matthieu Gatineau, DPO of the Year 2021
Matthieu Gatineau, DPO at Servior and recently awarded DPO of the Year 2021, joined Steve Clement, Security Engineer at CIRCL, for a conversation about his vision of data protection.
“The DPO is the human face and/or voice of digital transformation, raising awareness of the risks inherent in the use of increasingly complex information systems that users face.”, Matthieu Gatineau
Matthieu Gatineau will participate to events in Luxembourg and abroad throughout the year to represent the Luxembourg cybersecurity ecosystem. Keep posted!