Employee Data Privacy Around the World
This session will explore the laws and best practices for managing sensitive employee data around the world. We will go beyond now-familiar rules like GDPR and discuss new standards in the US, Asia, and around the world that are emerging and will challenge employers in 2020.
Jennifer Van Dale
Jennifer heads Eversheds Sutherland’s Hong Kong data privacy practice and the Asia employment practice. She serves as trusted counsel to multinational clients on Hong Kong and Asia-related privacy, cybersecurity and employment law matters.
She regularly advises on day to day operational employment matters such as data compliance, balancing data protection requirements across different jurisdictions, as well as business protection disputes. She regularly presents on cyber security and data protection, and has advised on the employment and privacy issues in bribery and fraud investigations (including accompanying key employees to interviews with the relevant Hong Kong and US authorities). Jennifer regularly conducts training sessions for corporate clients on data privacy, termination, remuneration, and equal opportunities issues.
Jennifer is widely recognized as one of Hong Kong and the region’s leading employment lawyers. She is consistently ranked in the top tier of employment lawyers by Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Chambers Asia Pacific in their annual legal guides and has won a number of awards.
Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen develops practical solutions to the complex issues of employee compensation, benefits, retirement and pensions. He has more than 20 years of experience representing public companies, closely held businesses and tax-exempt organizations. Adam is the leader of Eversheds Sutherland (US)'s employee benefits team and has advised on international and billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. His extensive experience includes the design and implementation of tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and 409A compliance, executive compensation arrangements, executive employment and separation agreements, fringe benefits and compensation clawbacks.