Dear all, As mentioned during today's F2F meeting, it was suggested by a WG member that there is an online workshop tomorrow of interest to some. This workshop is unaffiliated with ICANN or our sessions this week with data commissioners, but may help to understand some concepts included in the GDPR. Details appear below. Best, Lisa PrivacyCheq GDPR Compliance Webinar Series : Operationalizing Legitimate Interests as a basis for lawful processing under GDPR Thursday, March 16th at 2:30 PM GMT and 1:00 PM EST (free, registration required) http <http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f7f06f709dff69f947397b77b&id=d418d6b2c f> ://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f7f06f709dff69f947397b77b <http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f7f06f709dff69f947397b77b&id=d418d6b2c f> &id=d418d6b2cf The abstract for this session is given below. PrivacyCheq GDPR Compliance Webinar Series : Operationalizing Legitimate Interests as a basis for lawful processing under GDPR _____ As part of our technical compliance education series, PrivacyCheq is pleased to offer this free 30 minute webinar which will explore the complexities of technical compliance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. Under GDPR, data controllers must choose one of six bases for legally processing a data subject's personal data. Recent proposals from the UK ICO have spotlighted one of these, "Legitimate Interests". Many digital marketers have believed that gathering informed affirmative consent from data subjects would adversely affect their business and are considering the Legitimate Interests basis as a <http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/296452/gdpr-shocker-did-email -marketers-just-win-a-get.html> less disruptive option for their industry. This webinar will provide deep insight into the actual real world implementation of Legitimate Interests as a basis for processing. It is intended for DPOs, legal professionals and consulting firms that will be responsible for delivering compliant user experiences by May 2018.