Applicability of GDPR and APPI to international companies and the impact on IT Security === :::info - **Date:** Oct.30th 17:00-17:40 - **Speaker:** Matthias_Lachenmann - **Category:** Law@Policy - Main Track > The speech will describe the new Data Protection Laws in Europe (GDPR) and Japan (APPI with supplementary rules). It will give recommendations to company leaders and IT experts on how to avoid or cope with applicability of these laws and describe necessary IT Security measures under the GDPR.<br>The speech will describe when the GDPR and APPI are applicable, when data is considered personal data, how Japanese and EU companies benefit from the new trade deals “EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement” (SPA) and the “EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement” (EPA). The speech aims to answer international IT experts’ questions on compliance with APPI and GDPR. ::: ###### tags: `CODEBLUE2019`,`CODEBLUE`