Microsoft Hires Former FTC Commish Brill as EU Privacy Restrictions Loom
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Longtime digital privacy defender and former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission Julie Brill will join Microsoft this summer. Following a yearlong stint with law firm Hogan Lovells as a partner and co-director of its privacy and cybersecurity practice, Brill will join Microsoft to head its Privacy and Regulatory Affairs Group under Brad Smith, the firm’s president and chief legal officer, the company said Friday.
Brill has her work cut out for her as the internet giant and others in the digital ecosystem navigate the oncoming onslaught of data privacy rules set to take effect next year in the European Union.
Microsoft is among many cloud technology players serving digital marketers that are gearing up for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect a year from now. Put simply, GDPR will place new restrictions on how companies can gather and use data related to citizens of the EU.
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