2025-08-09 –, Workshop Giotto
Language: English
Among the topics discussed will be: The history of data protection in Europe. What does the GDPR protect? What are the principles of data protection? What is personal data? When can you process personal data legally? What is the difference between a Data Processor and a Data Controller? Do you need a Data Protection Officer? What are the rights of the data subjects? How to read a EU court verdict on data protection. Who is Max Schrems? Who is your Supervisory Authority and what do they do?
The GDPR is a complicated piece of legislation that impacts everyone that stores or processes personal data. The regulation and its predecessor directive 95/46/EC have been around since 1995 but we are still running into fundamental questions all the time. Because of the complexity of the law and the many many ways in which we all deal with data, it is often not clear if and how the law applies, and if certain technical and procedural measures are adequate to comply with the law. Consequently, we read a lot of misinformation about the GDPR. Even law firms often don't get this right. This workshop will be an in-depth introduction into the GDPR and will explain the basics of GDPR compliance in terms that hackers can understand.
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Josephus C. Visser is a seasoned software and systems engineer with over 35 years of experience, including leadership roles at Google, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI. He specializes in building highly reliable, distributed systems at scale, and has led global engineering and SRE teams supporting mission-critical infrastructure.
His work spans everything from AI supercomputing platforms to human-scale onboarding systems and internet-scale continuous deployment. Josephus is also an experienced technical speaker, educator, and mentor, having delivered keynotes and talks at SRECon, MCH, and internal leadership programs at Google and Meta. He holds degrees in both computer science and law, and writes a weekly newsletter and podcast titled Wednesday Wisdom.
Currently, he works at OpenAI as a Research Platform Engineer and holds dual US/EU citizenship.
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