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Dec 20, 2021

Propp in Lawfare: Towards OECD Principles for Government Access to Data

Nonresident senior fellow Kenneth Propp, with co-authors Theodore Christakis and Peter Swire, explores a project and implications of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to outline shared principles to govern the access of personal data held by private sector corporations for national security and law enforcement purposes. About the author

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Jun 25, 2021

Propp in Lawfare: Progress on Transatlantic Data Transfers? The Picture After the US-EU Summit

Arriving at a successor to the Privacy Shield Framework is still the looming major hurdle to a return to relative stability for transatlantic data transfers. The longer it takes, the more likely it becomes that European data protection authorities in the meantime will take action of their own accord to interrupt data transfers to the […]

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Jun 21, 2021

Burwell and Propp in the National Interest: The US and EU Need to Get Serious About Transatlantic Tech

Real progress in transatlantic digital policy will require focus and commitment to tackle hard problems. A serious commitment to the exercise—and a willingness to tackle data transfers, competition policy, and digital taxes, along with other crucial issues—could yield significant results, allowing the U.S.-EU partnership to become truly the leaders of the global digital economy.   Frances […]

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Kenneth Propp is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center. He is also an adjunct professor of European Union Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and a senior fellow with the Cross-Border Data Forum. He advises and advocates on data trade, privacy, security, and other regulatory issues in the United States and major international markets. From 2011 to 2015, he served as legal counselor at the US Mission to the European Union (EU) in Brussels where he led US government engagement on privacy law and policy and digital regulation, and advised on trade negotiations with the EU. In previous assignments for the Office of the Legal Adviser at the US Department of State, Propp specialized in legal issues relating to international criminal law and international trade and investment law. He also served as legal adviser to the US embassy in Germany. Propp holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.