Data Privacy Authorities also participate and collaborate with other networks concerning data privacy and data protection. They attend events, conferences and other activities as representatives of their jurisdiction or as resource speaker.
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Description: Founded in 2000, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) has become one of the largest global privacy communities, helping privacy practitioners develop and advance their careers and organizations manage and protect their data.
The IAPP is a policy neutral, not-for-profit association with a mission to define, support and improve the professions of privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally.
The IAPP is responsible for developing credentialing programmes in information privacy: the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), the Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and the Articificial Intelligence Governance Professional Certification. The CIPP, CIPM and CIPT are privacy certifications for professionals around the world who serve the data protection, information auditing, information security, legal compliance and/or risk management needs of their organizations.
In addition, the IAPP offers educational and professional development services and holds annual conferences for the discussion and debate of issues related to privacy policy and practice.
A number of GPA member authorities maintain IAPP memberships for the benefit of their staff and many commissioners and staff participate in IAPPs many conferences and workshops. IAPP sometimes runs events for GPA members, coordinates its events with the GPA annual meeting or sponsors functions or side events during the annual conference of the GPA.
Website: IAPP maintains a website at https://iapp.org/.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
Description: The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global research facility developed collaborately by the following Legal Information Institutes and other organizations: Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII), Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII), Legal Information Institute (Cornell) (LII(Cornell)), Pacific Islands Legal Institute (PacLII) and the Wits University School of Law (Wits Law School).
WorldLII provides a single search facility for databases located on the mentioned institutes above. These databases include decisions of international Courts and Tribunals, as well as databases of case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals and other legal reference materials.
Its relevance to GPA is that WorldLII maintains an online International Privacy Law Library to which GPA members can upload case reports. GPA adopted a Resolution on Case Reporting at the 31st Conference that encouraged members to deposit their case reports in a central repository, naming WorldLII’s International Privacy Law Library as a suitable repository. WorldLII has published an open offer to publish decisions of GPA member authorities in the International Privacy Law Library. Many GPA member authorities upload their case reports to the library.
Website: The International Privacy Law Library is available on the WorldLII website at http://www.worldlii.org/.