Swiss - U.S. Privacy Shield; Invitation for Applications for Inclusion on the Supplmental List of Arbitrators

Application for Inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Supplemental List of Arbitrators

Eligible individuals who wish to be considered for inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Supplemental List of Arbitrators are invited to submit applications. Applications must be typewritten and should be headed “Application for Inclusion on the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Supplemental List of Arbitrators.” Applications should include the following information, and each section of the application should be numbered as indicated:

• Name of applicant.

• Address, telephone number, and email address.

1. Independence

• Description of the applicant's affiliations with any organization that has self-certified under either the Swiss-U.S. or EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks, or the U.S., Switzerland, any EU Member State or any other governmental authority, public authority, or enforcement authority.

2. Integrity

• On a separate page, the names, addresses, telephone, and fax numbers of three individuals willing to provide information concerning the applicant’s qualifications for service, including the applicant’s character, reputation, reliability, and judgment.

• Description of the applicant’s willingness and ability to make time commitments necessary to be an arbitrator.

3. Expertise

• Demonstration of admittance to practice law in the United States.

• Relevant academic degrees and professional training and licensing.

• Current employment, including title, description of responsibility, name and address of employer, and name and telephone number of supervisor or other reference.

• Employment history, including the dates and addresses of each prior position and a summary of responsibilities.

• Description of expertise in U.S. privacy law and European or Swiss data protection law.

• Description of training or experience in arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution, if applicable.

• A list of publications, testimony, and speeches, if any, concerning U.S. privacy law and European or Swiss data protection law, with copies appended.