ITO

LLM, C-DPO FIP, CIPM, CIPP/E

Profile

Ito is Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Manager with a Master of Laws in Internet Law and Policy (LLM). Ito has a unique mix of experience that embraces, IT, Quality Assurance, Data Protection Compliance and Organisational Change Management. She is a qualified Project Manager and a privacy expert with knowledge and application of Privacy laws across multiple jurisdictions. She possesses strong knowledge and experience of privacy related laws across various jurisdictions, including the UK and EU GDPR, CCPA, NDPR, PDPL and HIPAA.

Ito has been instrumental in determining solutions for process improvement, strategic planning and policy development. She possesses strong technical skills and extensive experience in the deployment of a variety of systems and procedures to meet business and regulatory compliance requirements.

Ito is the CEO of ALLNET Law. She works with a number of global establishments as an independent Data Protection Consultant, Group Data Protection Officer and EU Representative. She is an Independent Conformity Assessment Advisor for the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS), which is the first establishment to be accredited in the UK, to provide GDPR approved certification to businesses in scope of AADC.

She is a lecturer with over 20 years experience, an accredited Training Partner for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and provides training on the IAPP’s Professional Privacy Certifications). Ito has the ability to provide interactive and result driven training sessions through hands-on and commercial practices. Ito is a highly sought out speaker and trainer, with experience of training senior executives of a number of Data Protection Supervisory Authorities globally.

Membership / Approved Training Partner

  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • British Computer Society (BCS)
  • International Board for IT Governance Qualifications (IBIGQ)

Course Delivery & Expertise

  • Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E)
  • Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
  • Certified Data Protection Officer (C-DPO)
  • GDPR Data Protection Practitioner

Recent Achievement / Publications

  • Designed Data Protection Curriculum.
  • Supported with the development of policies for Government and Private Corporations.
  • Training Regulatory Bodies and Government Agencies on European Data Protection Law.
  • Trained over 600 (CIPP/E & CIPM) delegates in the last 4 years, achieving an exceptionally high pass rate.
  • Independent Conformity Assessment Advisor for the first Certification Body to be accredited under the General Data Protection Regulation.
  • Implementing GDPR compliance programmes for several clients and championing the Data Privacy Governance Framework.
  • Drafted the Binding Corporate Rules for submission to the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).
  • Cyber security breach advice to multiple clients including implementing response plans.
  • Made recommendations for GDPR compliant technical measures (data protection by default) on the design of an application that led to an improvement of service and over 30% increase in the use of a client’s product.
  • Designed a Subject Access Request (SAR) procedure that led to a reduction of requests made by 94% as well as improved efficiency on the processing and administration time.