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Policy Manager at Access Partnership
Joined on February 9, 2017
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As part of the Public Policy team, Matt provides policy analysis and advocacy support to Access Partnership clients, which include some of the world’s most innovative companies. He works to influence and inform public policy and decision-making at the cutting edge of the ICT sector worldwide. He regularly engages with government and multilateral institutions across the UK, EU and UN to shape policy outcomes and regulation. His main expertise lies in matters of Internet governance, intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity and tax policy.
Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Matt Allison on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Largely unnoticed by technology and Brussels wonks, the European Commission's on adequacy for international data flows was released in early January. The primary aim of this document is to promote the EU's data protection regime as the global gold standard, to which other countries should aspire. In so doing, the Commission wants to remove data protection as a bargaining chip in free trade negotiations, insisting this should instead be dealt with separately, by opening adequacy negotiations with the Commission. more
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