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Data Protection for the Digital Age: A Greens/EFA hearing

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Date

28 Jun 2012 07:30

Address

European Parliament

Brussels

Belgium

Links

Event's webpage

Event Type

L - Conference, forum

Section

InfoSociety

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

PROGRAMME

9:30

Welcome and introduction

Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP

9:40

Panel 1: The Right to be Forgotten, or: How to Exercise User Rights?

Topics / Questions:

How to enhance and enforce user rights on data protection in the information age?

Which rights do we need to have a technology-neutral approach that holds for the next 20 years?

Does the R2BF really make sense, and what does it mean for freedom of expression and historians?

Moderator : Christian Engström, MEP

Speakers :

- Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Oxford Internet Institute

- Joris van Hoboken, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

- Anna Fielder, Privacy International

- Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)

10:45

Panel 2: Code as Law? Technological Approaches and Privacy-Driven Technology Development

Topics / Questions:

- Which kind of regulatory environment is needed to enhance the usage of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)?

- Do we need more clarity for Privacy by Design / Privacy by Default?

- Can "Do Not Track" and similar technical protocols reconcile usability with informed choices of users? (Why did earlier approaches such as P3P fail, and can they be re-born?)

- How to get privacy impact assessment regulations right?

Moderator: Amelia Andersdotter, MEP

Speakers:

- Alain Pannetrat, French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)

- Seda Gürses, Katholic University of Leuven

- Rigo Wenning, Legal Counsel and Privacy Activity Lead, World Wide Web Consortium

11:50

Panel 3: Police Data Sharing and Access to Corporate Databases

Topics / Questions:

- The patchwork of data protection rules for member states and EU agencies in this field

- How to get political momentum for better data protection in the field of law enforcement?

- What is and should be the relation between the principle of access (Swedish initiative) and data protection rules?

- How to turn around the trend to ever more data collection and retention

- What is really necessary and proportionate?

Moderator: Judith Sargentini, MEP

Speakers:

- Franziska Boehm, University of Luxembourg

- Caspar Bowden, independent privacy advocate and EDRi observer

- Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Panoptikon Foundation and EDRi vice-president

- N.N., law enforcement professional (tbc)

12:55

Closing Remarks: Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP

13:00

Networking Lunch