Peter Kosmala, CIPP/US
Founder and Principal – PRIVĀT, LLC
Peter is a recognized thought leader in information privacy with 20 years of international experience as a former marketer, technologist, lobbyist and association leader and as a current consultant, educator and keynote speaker.
Peter helped grow the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) from a professional community to the world’s largest privacy association as its first Assistant Director and then as Vice President. He led the creation of the first professional certification in privacy, the IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) in 2004 and launched the CIPP-Canada (CIPP/C) in 2006. Today, over 30,000 professionals globally hold one or more of the CIPP credentials which certify knowledge in privacy laws, standards and practices.
Peter helped to establish the Canadian office of the IAPP and the Canada Privacy Symposium, the flagship annual event held in Toronto since 2006. He has worked closely with practitioners, policy makers and regulators from around the world on privacy matters. Peter’s roots are in digital media at WIRED magazine and Hotwired, one of the very first Web publishing sites. He also served as the first managing director of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) and led the expansion of the “Your Ad Choices” consumer privacy preference program.
Peter has served in leadership roles at technology companies CMGI and dataxu (now Roku), trade associations the 4A’s, DAA and the NAI and ad agencies Wells Rich Greene BDDP and MVBMS Partners/EURO RSCG. He has represented industry in policy working groups and technical standards bodies such as the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Presently, Peter advises clients on the digital media marketplace and the evolving regulatory environment for information privacy.
Cristina Onosé, Lead, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Privacy Advocacy & Thought Leadership, PwC Canada
Cristina Onosé leads teams at PwC Canada in Privacy Advocacy and Thought Leadership and Cyber Threat Intelligence. She works with organizations to optimize their privacy and security programs, enhance consumer trust, ensure compliance with applicable privacy and security requirements, and intelligently assess cyber threats.
Prior to joining PwC, Cristina was the Director of Government Relations and Privacy at the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA). She has also served in roles in the government of Ontario, an EU Parliament think tank in Belgium, and a foreign diplomatic office.
Cristina is a member of the Certification Training Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She also serves as board director of the Public Affairs Association of Canada (PAAC), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN). She is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and security-related issues, including government regulation (PIPEDA, GDPR), data strategies, and emerging technologies (IoT, smart cities, automated vehicles, etc.).
Cristina is an instructor in York University’s School of Continuing Studies Certificate in Information Privacy (teaching the ‘Privacy in Technology’ course).
Anick Fortin-Cousens, CIPP/C
Vice President of Privacy, Ceridian.
Anick Fortin-Cousens is Vice President of Privacy at Ceridian, where she leads a team responsible for the company’s global privacy policies and programs, and advises the business on a broad range of initiatives and products. Prior to this, she led IBM Corporation’s Privacy Office, and served as Chief Privacy Officer for Canada, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East and Africa.
For 20 years, Anick has worked with public policy makers and other stakeholders across the globe to achieve privacy frameworks that are contemporary, practical and support trusted information flows. She holds law degrees in civil and common law (J.D., LL.L.) from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and an undergraduate degree in journalism. She currently sits on the IAPP Canadian Advisory Board.
Learn more about Anick here.
Cristina Onosé, Lead, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Privacy Advocacy & Thought Leadership, PwC Canada
Cristina Onosé leads teams at PwC Canada in Privacy Advocacy and Thought Leadership and Cyber Threat Intelligence. She works with organizations to optimize their privacy and security programs, enhance consumer trust, ensure compliance with applicable privacy and security requirements, and intelligently assess cyber threats.
Prior to joining PwC, Cristina was the Director of Government Relations and Privacy at the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA). She has also served in roles in the government of Ontario, an EU Parliament think tank in Belgium, and a foreign diplomatic office.
Cristina is a member of the Certification Training Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She also serves as board director of the Public Affairs Association of Canada (PAAC), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN). She is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and security-related issues, including government regulation (PIPEDA, GDPR), data strategies, and emerging technologies (IoT, smart cities, automated vehicles, etc.).
Cristina is an instructor in York University’s School of Continuing Studies Certificate in Information Privacy (teaching the ‘Privacy in Technology’ course).
Cristina is holder of a BA International Relations (Glendon College, York University), an MA European Affairs and Economics (Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto), Digital Marketing Certificate (Canadian Marketing Association), Cybersecurity Policy Executive Certificate (Harvard Kennedy School of Government), and the IAPP Privacy Certification (CIPP/C, CIPM).
Deborah Evans, CIPP/C
Chief Privacy Officer, Rogers Communications
Deborah Evans is the Chief Privacy Officer at Rogers Communications, where she is responsible for privacy across all lines of business, including management of CASL and telemarketing rules. She is also responsible for Rogers’ relationship with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the CRTC Enforcement Branch.
Deborah joined Rogers in 2007 and has progressed through various positions within the organization’s Regulatory team, including representing Rogers at numerous proceedings and government hearings, and implementation of the CRTC’s Wireless Code. As well, she managed Rogers Office of the Ombudsperson for 18 months. Deborah has managed Rogers’ privacy office since 2014.
She is the Chair of both the CWTA Privacy and Security Committee and the Canadian Marketing Association’s Privacy Committee, former Chair of the CWTA’s Recycling Committee, and former member of the CWTA Accessibility Committee.
Deborah holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics from Brock University; and a Master’s of Public Affairs, with a specialization in European Integration, from Carleton University. She also holds a CIPP/c privacy certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and currently sits on the IAPP Canadian Advisory Board.
Hassan Jaferi
Chief Executive Officer – Bitnobi
Hassan Jaferi is the Chief Executive Officer of Bitnobi, Inc. His work experience includes Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP, formerly MaRS Innovation) and PARTEQ Innovations at Queen’s University. Hassan has been involved in the creation of multiple university startups and executed an IP acquisition/acqui-hire deal for York University. Moreover, a five-year term as a patent examiner at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office enables Hassan to provide strong patent advice.
While working at Bitnobi, Hassan is also the Co-director of UTEST which is an early stage incubator jointly run by TIAP and The University of Toronto. At Bitnobi, Hassan manages all day-to-day business affairs for the company in order to help commercialize their privacy protected data-sharing platform.
Education
Masters, Space Management, International Space University, 2006. BASc., Computer Engineering, University of Ottawa, 2003.
Karl Larson, CISA, CISM, CCSK
Chief Information Security Officer, TELUS
Karl Larson has worked in a number of industries, including Publishing, Health Care, Hospitality, Higher Education, Telecom and Technology. Since starting his career in Information Security, he has worked in IT Audit and managed and directed teams in PCI, Compliance, Vulnerability Assessments & Management, Vendor and Supply Chain Assessments, Security Operations Centre, and Architecture. He has also served as the primary security interface for clients and business partners, including managing audits and negotiating contracts. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Virginia Tech University and a Bachelor of Arts, English from St. Olaf.
Laura Stevenson, CIPP/C
Director, Compliance & Ethics, Omers
Laura currently works with OMERS in the role of Director, Compliance & Ethics and has over 20 years of experience in financial services. Her current responsibilities include privacy, policy governance, compliance-based training and process transformation. Leveraging technology to streamline and deliver for both business and legislative requirements has been core to her success. Laura actively listens to stakeholders to understand key objectives and offers practical recommendations that concurrently support a culture of compliance.
Education:
BA, Political Science, York University
“Ask questions until you feel there is no more information to be had. From there, the source of an issue can be understood, opening a path to relevant solutions.”
Maria Koslunova, CIPP/US, CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP
Manager, Cyber Security and Privacy Practice, PwC Canada
Maria is a Manager in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice in PwC Canada. She uses her privacy expertise to deliver value to clients by providing strategic privacy solutions and innovative approaches to data protection.
At PwC, Maria has played an integral role in privacy and cybersecurity consultancy and audit fieldworks for clients in the telecommunications, retail, financial services, information technology, media, health and public sector. Her expertise in legislative policy, regulatory compliance and industry good practice helped her develop multiple global compliance frameworks. This includes, but is not limited to CCPA, GDPR, CASL, HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, COPPA, PCI, ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Frameworks. Maria leads the PwC Privacy Training and Awareness Program in collaboration with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. The training program provides participants with interactive ways to learn critical privacy concepts that are integral to the certification exams and privacy program management as a whole. This includes CIPM and/or CIPP certification exams.
Maria also has experience as a Privacy Legal Researcher at Nymity Inc.. During her tenure, Maria contributed to Nymity’s proprietary research knowledge database, analyzed global privacy and data protection developments and provided clients with daily privacy compliance reports. Maria has been actively involved with the International Association of Privacy Professionals through her contribution to the Publications Advisory Board, Canadian Advisory Board and publications.
Education:
York University – Bachelors of Economics
Designations / Certifications / Awards / Achievements:
CIPM, CIPP/C/US, FIP
Peter Kosmala, CIPP/US
Founder and Principal – PRIVĀT, LLC
Peter is a recognized thought leader in information privacy with 20 years of international experience as a former marketer, technologist, lobbyist and association leader and as a current consultant, educator and keynote speaker.
Peter helped grow the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) from a professional community to the world’s largest privacy association as its first Assistant Director and then as Vice President. He led the creation of the first professional certification in privacy, the IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) in 2004 and launched the CIPP-Canada (CIPP/C) in 2006. Today, over 30,000 professionals globally hold one or more of the CIPP credentials which certify knowledge in privacy laws, standards and practices.
Peter helped to establish the Canadian office of the IAPP and the Canada Privacy Symposium, the flagship annual event held in Toronto since 2006. He has worked closely with practitioners, policy makers and regulators from around the world on privacy matters. Peter’s roots are in digital media at WIRED magazine and Hotwired, one of the very first Web publishing sites. He also served as the first managing director of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) and led the expansion of the “Your Ad Choices” consumer privacy preference program.
Peter has served in leadership roles at technology companies CMGI and dataxu (now Roku), trade associations the 4A’s, DAA and the NAI and ad agencies Wells Rich Greene BDDP and MVBMS Partners/EURO RSCG. He has represented industry in policy working groups and technical standards bodies such as the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Presently, Peter advises clients on the digital media marketplace and the evolving regulatory environment for information privacy.
Vance Lockton, CIPP/C, CIPM
Manager, Digital Governance, Waterfront Toronto
Vance Lockton is the Manager of Digital Governance for Waterfront Toronto, an organization created by the City of Toronto and the governments of Ontario and Canada and mandated with revitalizing Toronto’s waterfront. Prior to coming to Waterfront Toronto, Vance spent 7 years with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) across a variety of roles, including policy development, investigation of complaints, and stakeholder relations.
Education:
M.P.P. (Public Policy) – Simon Fraser University – 2009 M.Sc. (Computer Science) – University of British Columbia – 2005 B.Math (Computer Science) – University of Waterloo – 2003
Designations / Certifications / Awards / Achievements:
Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C) – International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) – IAPP Certificate in Information Security and Risk Management – University of Washington
Information Management
Information Technology
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