Federal Trade Commission: Understanding Consumer Privacy Issues in 2015

Cora Han is a senior attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection where she investigates and prosecutes violations of federal laws protecting the privacy and security of consumer information, and works on related policy matters.  She organized the FTC’s recent seminar on Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data, and her law enforcement actions include the Commission’s settlement with Facebook.  In addition, Cora was one of the principal authors of the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule.  Prior to joining the FTC, Cora was an attorney with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where her practice focused on trademark, copyright, and media law.

Carolyn is a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers with over 23 years of experience helping clients manage risk and systems of internal control, specializing in privacy, cybersecurity, information technology and business process. Carolyn helps organizations build and enhance their privacy and information security programs so they will be sustainable over the long term.  Carolyn often serves as the Independent Assessor in response to consent decrees from regulators such as the FTC and OCR.  She also helps companies prepare for compliance with such consent decrees.  She focuses on governance and risk assessment, data inventories, flows, and classifications.  Carolyn helps organizations assess their program models, training and awareness programs, communications across the organization, and systems of control.

Ms. Roisman advises clients on a wide variety of policy and regulatory issues related to the media and telecommunications fields. She works with broadcast, cable, satellite, motion picture studio, telecommunications, wireless carrier, and equipment manufacturer clients to develop and execute advocacy strategies at the FCC, FTC and NTIA for industry-wide rulemakings, adjudicatory proceedings, regulatory compliance, transactions, and enforcement actions. Ms. Roisman advises investors and the financial community regarding media and telecommunications acquisitions and the impact of Congressional and federal agency policy actions on relevant industries. She also counsels clients on evolving federal law, policies, and self-regulatory regimes relating to consumer privacy and data protection.