Credit: PMI Luxembourg Chapter
On Tuesday 30 April 2019, the Project Management Institute (PMI) Luxembourg Chapter organised an event dedicated to GDPR, in collaboration with EY Luxembourg.
The event "Privacy by Design" reflected on how GDPR has been bringing an added value to organisations in the one year since its implementation. In this context, speaker EY Manager Alejandro del Rio, an expert in cybersecurity, discussed the current level of GDPR maturity and how customers, professionals and industries have been facing the challenges derived by the regulation.
Alejandro del Rio has a technical background with a master degree in Information Security Management and over seven years of experience working on privacy matters in Spain. He is a professional executive who is able to articulate security and risk in business terms at Executive Committee and Board level or communicate and present at all levels of the organisation. The depth and broadness of his expertise has been developed working in different sectors as both consultant and end client.
The event, open to both members and guests for the first time, thus offered an opportunity to examine the maturity level of those present, not only on GDPR but also on the differences between “Privacy by Default” and “Privacy by Design” and how these two different approaches can change the impact on managing projects.
Privacy by Design is an approach taken when creating new products, services, technologies and systems. It means that the product is designed with privacy as a priority, along with whatever other purposes the product serves. Privacy by Default, on the other hand, means that once a product or service has been released to the public, the strictest privacy settings should apply by default, without any manual interaction from the end user.
The subsequent Q&A session attracted many questions from the audience. Such interest seemed to prove the fact that projects and processes are becoming increasingly impacted by privacy regulation. Consequently, privacy should be embedded as an important element in the planning phase of any project and followed closely during its entire life cycle.
Following the presentation, PMI Luxembourg Chapter presented its new initiatives and activities that will come in the upcoming months: the launch of a new Volunteer Rewarding Programme and plans for a Talent and Engagement programme, among others. To mark its 50th anniversary, PMI Luxembourg Chapter will also begin a collaboration with Sportunity, in an effort to help refugees integrate in Luxembourg's sports and cultural life.
