# Avast appoints Shane McNamee as Chief Privacy Officer

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/avast-appoints-shane-mcnamee-as-chief-privacy-officer/412863709
- Published: 2020-10-14T07:29:13+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[Avast plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ftse-company/avast-plc/avst.l)**(
LON:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, has announced
the appointment of Shane McNamee as Chief Privacy Officer. McNamee will oversee 
Avast’s global privacy strategy and drive the company’s privacy-by-design strategy.

McNamee has over seven years’ experience focusing on data protection and digital
rights in a number of high profile organizations, and most recently the Irish Department
of Finance and the Data Protection Commission of Ireland. He has published works
on policy, research and public awareness and is a regular speaker on a range of 
complex topics including digital rights, fintech, software licensing, genetic research,
and evolving and interconnected data protection regimes.

The experience McNamee brings will further embed a privacy-by-design culture within
Avast and will promote a resilient, and transparent data protection strategy across
the business, its policies, products and services. In the last two and a half years,
he has been working on implementing and operationalizing the GDPR, including through
significant awareness raising and the production of guidance on data protection 
rights, and will draw on this experience to further shape Avast’s privacy strategy.

> **Of his appointment, McNamee said, **“I’m delighted to join Avast and to bring
> my insights from the regulatory and academic perspective to the table. I am particularly
> interested in the challenges and opportunities posed by innovative technologies,
> and look forward to promoting a privacy-centric approach at Avast to emerging 
> and developing technologies such as online security, artificial intelligence, 
> and the internet of things.”

> **Kelby Barton, General Counsel at Avast, said, **“Shane is a legal and policy
> professional whose experience is focused on regulatory approaches to data protection,
> consumer protection, and digital rights. Given the increasing complexity of the
> role of data in the technology industry, Shane is an important addition to our
> team as we pursue a resilient, transparent approach to data protection for our
> digital customers. We are expanding our range of privacy products and are committed
> to ensuring ethical data standards across our business.”

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