<div dir="auto">Perhaps maybe of interest to members of this community.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes, </div><div dir="auto">Allan </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Yolanda Booyzen</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:yolanda.booyzen@up.ac.za">yolanda.booyzen@up.ac.za</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 16:06<br>Subject: [chr] Invitation: Data Protection Day 2021 in Africa<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u>
<div style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%">
<span style="display:none;font-size:0px;line-height:0px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden">The Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the Council of Europe, cordially invite you to an event to commemorate Data Protection Day 2021.</span>
<center>
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="m_-7977415977333816846m_1979075229454337402bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-7977415977333816846m_1979075229454337402bodyCell" style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-7977415977333816846m_1979075229454337402templateHeader" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat 50% 50%/contain;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:contain;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:1px">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:9px">
<table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;text-align:center">
<a href="https://www.chr.up.ac.za/latest-news/2370-invitation-data-protection-day-2021-in-africa" title="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/22ae6b8139f9652591c8769a5/images/0dcb2d8b-f461-4324-89fb-76a42b897ece.jpg" width="564" style="max-width:650px;padding-bottom:0;display:inline!important;vertical-align:bottom;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:9px">
<table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;text-align:center">
<a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/data-protection/dpd2021-african-region-event" title="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/22ae6b8139f9652591c8769a5/images/a4de2eb0-677c-41ba-b1e3-c0d1623c92fc.jpg" width="564" style="max-width:650px;padding-bottom:0;display:inline!important;vertical-align:bottom;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">
<h3 style="text-align:left;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#444444;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:150%;letter-spacing:normal">Data Protection Day 2021 in Africa</h3>
<p style="text-align:left;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%">The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Council of Europe, cordially invite you to an <a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/data-protection/dpd2021-african-region-event" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">online event</a> to commemorate Data Protection Day 2021. </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px" valign="top" align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate!important;border-radius:3px;background-color:#006ba1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;padding:18px">
<a title="No registration required / just follow this link to connect on Bluejeans" href="https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/ghrrvpfy" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.5px;line-height:100%;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;display:block" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Click here to join</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-7977415977333816846m_1979075229454337402templateBody" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat 50% 50%/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:36px;padding-bottom:45px">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">On 28 January 2021, we are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Data Protection Convention 108 with African privacy and data protection stakeholders.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">African regulators and civil society representatives will inform the participants on latest developments at national, regional and international level and will touch upon the advantages of Convention 108 for African countries. The evolution of Convention 108 into the ‘modernised’ Convention 108+ adds a new dimension to international data flows and cooperation between data protection authorities, and will also be addressed.<br>
<a href="https://www.chr.up.ac.za/latest-news/2370-invitation-data-protection-day-2021-in-africa" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">View the invitation</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="min-width:100%;padding:18px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #eaeaea;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<span></span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">
<h3 style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#444444;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:150%;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left">Data Protection Day 2021 in Africa</h3>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Thursday 28 January 2021</strong><br>
<strong>Online (Bluejeans)</strong><br>
<strong>11:00 GMT / 12:00 WAT / 13:00 SAST / 14:00 EAT </strong></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><a href="https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/ghrrvpfy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Click here to join</a><br>
<em>No registration required / just follow this link to connect on Bluejeans</em><br>
<br>
<strong>Opening remarks</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sophie Kwasny </strong><br>
<em>Head, Data Protection Unit, Council of Europe</em></li>
<li><strong>Frans Viljoen </strong><br>
<em>Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria</em></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Moderators</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Hlengiwe Dube</strong><br>
<em>Manager, Expression Information and Digital Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria</em></li>
<li><strong>Pat Walshe </strong><br>
<em>Executive Director, Privacy Matters</em></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Speakers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Patricia Adusei Poku</strong><br>
<em>Ghana, Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission</em></li>
<li><strong>Immaculate Kassait</strong><br>
<em>Kenya, Data Protection Commissioner</em></li>
<li><strong>Drudeisha Madhub</strong><br>
<em>Mauritius, Privacy Commissioner</em></li>
<li><strong>Omar Seghrouchni </strong><br>
<em>Morocco, Data Protection and Access to Information Commissioner Secretary General, African Network of Data Protection Authorities</em></li>
<li><strong>Sizwe Snail </strong><br>
<em>South Africa, Commissioner of the Information Regulator</em></li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px" valign="top" align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate!important;border-radius:3px;background-color:#006ba1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;padding:18px">
<a title="No registration required / just follow this link to connect on Bluejeans" href="https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/ghrrvpfy" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.5px;line-height:100%;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;display:block" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Click here to join</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-7977415977333816846m_1979075229454337402templateFooter" style="background:#000000 none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#000000;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:45px;padding-bottom:63px">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:9px;padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/centreforhumanrights" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-facebook-48.png" alt="Facebook" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/chr_humanrights" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-twitter-48.png" alt="Twitter" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="http://www.instagram.com/centreforhumanrights" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-instagram-48.png" alt="Link" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="http://www.chr.up.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-link-48.png" alt="Website" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/centreforhumanrights" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-linkedin-48.png" alt="LinkedIn" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-right:0;padding-bottom:9px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" width="24">
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/centreforhumanrights" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-youtube-48.png" alt="YouTube" style="display:block;border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none" height="24" width="24"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="min-width:100%;padding:18px">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #505050;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<span></span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#ffffff;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:150%;text-align:center">
<em>Copyright © 2021 Centre for Human Rights, All rights reserved.</em><br>
You are receiving this email because you have been in contact with the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria.<br>
<br>
<strong>Our mailing address is:</strong><br>
<div><span>Centre for Human Rights, </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Faculty of Law, </span><span style="background-color:transparent">University of Pretoria</span><div><span>Pretoria</span>, <span>Gauteng</span> <span>0002</span> <div>South Africa</div></div></div>
<br>
<br>
Want to change how you receive these emails?<br>
You can <a href="mailto:webmaster.chr@up.ac.za?subject=Unsubscribe%20me%20please&body=Please%20unsubscribe%20me%20from%20the%20Centre%20for%20Human%20Rights%20Newsletter" style="color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">unsubscribe from this list</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/email-referral/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral_marketing&aid=22ae6b8139f9652591c8769a5&afl=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/monkey_rewards/MC_MonkeyReward_15.png" border="0" alt="Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp" title="Mailchimp Email Marketing" width="139" height="54" style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table></center></div>
</div></div>
</div>