Peter Lefkowitz is Chief Privacy & Digital Risk Officer at Citrix Systems. Peter oversees legal, regulatory and enterprise risk associated with data, products and systems, as well as policy engagement on digital issues. Prior to joining Citrix, Peter worked at GE, where he served as Chief Privacy Officer (Corporate) and then as Senior Data Rights Management Counsel (Digital) and at Oracle, where he was Vice President of Privacy and Security Legal and Chief Privacy Officer. Peter was the 2018 Chairman of the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals; he is a member of the Boston Bar Association Council and an Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School. Peter holds degrees from Yale College and Harvard Law School.
Nearly all major privacy laws and regulations – from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to the European General Directive for Privacy Regulation – include express data security requirements. Yet, some members of Congress and other commentators have suggested that security provisions will only serve to make privacy legislation more difficult to pass while others suggest that they can’t vote for a bill without security. What type of security is being discussed in these bills and how will they affect consumers?
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