At the IAPP Privacy Academy’s Privacy Dinner on Thursday evening, some of the best of the best among privacy innovators and experts were honored for their work in the field. In addition to a keynote speech by John Perry Barlow, the 2012 Privacy Dinner featured the announcement of this year’s HP-IAPP Innovator Awards and the Privacy Vanguard Award. Sandra R. Hughes, CIPP/US, is the winner of the 2012 IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award, and for the 2012 HP-IAPP Innovation Award, this year’s winners in the large and small organization and technology categories are the Vodafone Privacy Programme, Alberta Pensions Services, CSR and Oculis Labs. In announcing Hughes’ selection as this year’s Privacy Vanguard at the Privacy Dinner in San Jose, CA, McAfee CPO Michelle Dennedy, CIPP/US, described Hughes’ contributions to the privacy field. Accepting the Vanguard Award, Hughes spoke of her desire to continue to “do the right thing” by giving back to the privacy profession.
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