The EU Infopoint aims to increase public knowledge, awareness and understanding of the European Union, its values, policies and programmes as well as the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community. The EU Infopoint is a project funded by the European Union under the Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community with the aim to bring the Turkish Cypriot community closer to the EU....
23.01.2026
Data Protection Policies and Practices Panel
As part of EU Data Protection Day, the Data Protection Policies and Practices Panel will be organised by the EU Infopoint.
As part of EU Data Protection Day, the Data Protection Policies and Practices Panel will be organised by the EU Infopoint.
The panel will comprehensively address EU data protection policies and practices, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework, and current developments in the field of data protection, featuring expert speakers.
Programme
17:00 – 17:10 | Opening Remarks
Deniz Birinci, Programme Manager responsible for Communication at the European Commission, Cyprus Settlement Support Unit
Dr. Bora Tüccaroğlu, Representative of the Personal Data Protection Board
17:10 – 17:20 | Keynote Speech - EU Data Protection Policies and Practices
Dr. Dara Hallinan EU Data Protection and GDPR Expert Senior Researcher, FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
17:20 – 18:00 | Panel Discussion - From Policy to Practice
Panellists:
Dr. Dara Hallinan
EU Data Protection and GDPR Expert Senior Researcher, FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
Cemre İpçiler, Lawyer
Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Bar Association to the Personal Data Protection Board
Dr. Elşen Mülazimoğlu
Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Medical Association to the Personal Data Protection Board
Birol Urcan Moderator, EU Infopoint Team Leader
18:00 – 18:30 | Q&A Session
18:30 | Closing & Reception
📅 Wednesday, 28 January 2026
🕔 17:00 – 19:00
📍 KTÖS Conference Hall, Şair Nedim Street, Çağlayan, Nicosia
Simultaneous interpretation in Turkish and English will be provided.
You may register by filling in the registration form: https://bit.ly/4qHmdCL
This event is funded by the European Union.
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