Data Protection for the Digital Age

A Greens/EFA hearing

CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

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 :

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

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