Anne Sheridan

Anne Sheridan is an Assistant Commissioner at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland.
Anne represents the Irish Data Protection Authority at the Borders, Travel and Law Enforcement subgroup of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. She drafted the Working Party’s Opinion on the EU Smart Borders proposals in 2013.
Prior to working in data protection, Anne worked on Immigration Policy in Ireland’s Department of Justice and participated in EU working groups on legal migration, irregular migration and the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility.
Anne will be representing the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party at 9.05 on Day 2.  She will present the views of the Working Party on the EU Smart Border proposals, with a particular emphasis on the Entry/Exit system. Her talk aims to give delegates a perspective on the impact of these proposals on the individual’s right to personal privacy and data protection, and the proper balance to be struck between privacy rights and border control.