Data Protection for the Digital Age

CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

• VIDEO DOCUMENTATION - Watch the recorded stream of the event
• Presentation by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
• Presentation by Joris van Hoboken
• Presentation by Anna Fielder
• Presentation by Seda Gürses
• Presentation by Alain Pannetrat
• Presentation by Rigo Wenning
• Presentation by Franziska Boehm
• Presentation by Caspar Bowden

CONFERENCE 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:

• Seda Gürses, Katholic University of Leuven
• Alain Pannetrat, French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
• Rigo Wenning, Legal Counsel and Privacy Activity Lead, World Wide Web Consortium 
• Rosa Barcelo, European Commission, DG Information Society
 

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 

12:55
Closing Remarks: Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP

13:00
Networking Lunch