Peter A. Blenkinsop

Peter helps manage the International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium and Medical Device Privacy Consortium. In these roles, he has been instrumental in crafting industry comments on legislative and regulatory proposals related to data privacy in the US and European Union.Peter has worked with a leading nutrition company, a large auto manufacturer and dozens of the top pharmaceutical and medical device companies on privacy and security projects, analyzing specific programs and activities, providing advice on compliance with relevant laws, conducting large-scale privacy gap assessments to compare practices to legal requirements and best practices, and assisting companies in development of data protection programs. He regularly advises on cross-border data transfer questions and matters necessitating the collection of personal data from outside the US (e.g., international legal discovery).

Peter works with clients in the development of privacy policies and procedures, including overarching privacy policies, and policies and procedures for sales and marketing, research, and human resources. He has also assisted in the development of IT security policies and security incident response plans and procedures. He often provides training for clients’ personnel and works with them to implement data privacy and security programs that fit their operational structures. In collaboration with local firms, Peter assists in global projects aimed at registering data processing activities and databases with data protection authorities.