What You Should Know About the New EU Data Act: Balancing IP, Privacy, and Economic Opportunities

Lynn Parker Dupree, leader of Finnegan’s privacy practice, focuses on privacy compliance, governance, and counseling for clients navigating the dynamic legal and regulatory privacy landscape. Her years of privacy experience provide her with the sharp ability to provide actionable privacy advice and guidance, and a keen understanding of the ways technology can be used to protect individual privacy. Prior to joining the firm, Lynn served as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief privacy officer, responsible for advising the secretary of homeland security on a wide variety of matters involving privacy for the department as well as ensuring the department complied with privacy laws, regulations, and federal guidance. She provided practical privacy advice on matters such as artificial intelligence (AI) governance, the collection and use of biometric data, and the deployment of technologies that collect identifiable data. Lynn was also responsible for DHS’s data breach response and remediation as well as privacy preparedness for cybersecurity breaches and incidents.

Joe Prempeh is the Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at Tenneco, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of automotive products and technologies. In this role, Joe leads the company’s global privacy, data protection, and data governance programs, ensuring alignment with international laws, regulations and industrial standards. Joe’s responsibilities extend beyond traditional privacy leadership to encompass those of data and data issues, where he drives enterprise-wide data governance, AI oversight, and contributes to data-driven innovation across Tenneco. Joe oversees enterprise-wide data governance, including the development and enforcement of policies that ensure integrity, security, and responsible use of data across Tenneco’s global operations. Joe plays a critical role in shaping the company’s AI governance strategy, ensuring that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies used in Tenneco’s core products and services are deployed responsibly, transparently, and in alignment with business objectives, regulatory and ethical frameworks. Joe is instrumental in shaping strategic initiatives that align emerging technologies with ethical, risk and regulatory frameworks while advancing business objectives.