Privacy Meeting: Brussels – Bangalore
Event details
When
from 05:00 PM to 08:00 PM
Where
Contact Name
Slides from the talk can be accessed here.
Draft Agenda
| Time | Detail |
|---|---|
| 17.00 17.15 |
Brief presentation of the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium |
| 17.15 18.15 |
Session on "new tools" to protect privacy and personal data. A case-study on (European) approach to privacy impact assessment This session will be concluded by proposing adaptation of the so-called environmental democracy to the needs and reality of privacy. The points in this session will be contrasted with the experience of India. |
| 18.15 18.45 |
Session on co-operation of data protection authorities "Improving Practical and Helpful cooperation between Data Protection Authorities", 2013-15. This session will provide a preliminary analysis of the (legal) factors that pose as obstacles to and/or encourage co-operation between DPAs worldwide in enforcing privacy and data protection laws. Such an analysis aims at creating a 'wish-list', i.e. at identifying what measures could be taken to reduce barriers and to further foster co-operation. The points in this session will be contrasted with the experience of India. |
| 18.45 19.00 |
Break |
| 19.00 19.15 |
Small session on big data Indian perspectives on this topic will be taken into account. |
| 19.15 20.00 |
Open discussion |
Materials
- Wright, David, Kush Wadhwa, Paul De Hert, and Dariusz Kloza, A Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for Data Protection and Privacy Rights, 2011. http://piafproject.eu/ref/PIAF_D1_21_Sept2011Revlogo.pdf
- Hosein, Gus, and Simon Davies, Empirical Research of Contextual Factors Affecting the Introduction of Privacy Impact Assessment Frameworks in the Member States of the European Union, 2012. http://piafproject.eu/ref/PIAF_deliverable_d2_final.pdf
- De Hert, Paul, Dariusz Kloza, and David Wright, Recommendations for a Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for the European Union, 2012. http://piafproject.eu/ref/PIAF_D3_final.pdf
- Kloza Dariusz, Moscibroda Anna, Boulet Gertjan, “Improving Co-operation Between Data Protection Authorities: First Lessons from Competition Law.” in Jusletter IT. Die Zeitschrift für IT und Recht, published by Weblaw AG. http://jusletter-it.weblaw.ch/issues/2013/20-Februar-2013/2128.html
- Kloza Dariusz, “Public voice in privacy governance: lessons from environmental democracy”, in Erich Schweighofer (ed.), KnowRight 2012 conference proceedings [forthcoming].
Other resources
- PHAEDRA project: http://www.phaedra-project.eu
- PIAF project: http://piafproject.eu
- PIAw@tch, the PIA observatory: http://piawatch.eu
The Speakers
Gertjan Boulet
Gertjan Boulet holds a joint LL.M/MPhil (2010) from Leuven University (Belgium) and Tilburg University (the Netherlands) where he successfully completed a Research Master of Laws programme focused on legal methods and interdisciplinary research. He started to work as a doctoral researcher at the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in January 2013 for the EU-funded research project 'Improving Practical and Helpful cooperAtion bEtween Data PRotection Authorities' (PHAEDRA). Before, he was a freelance researcher at VUB, and became a member of the programming committee of the annual conference 'Computers, Privacy & Data Protection' (CPDP). Prior to joining the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Gertjan worked for the Brussels Airport Company (2010) and the law firm DLA Piper (2011). He also completed internships at the Belgian Public Prosecutor (2007), the Constitutional Court of Belgium (2012) and the Belgian Privacy Commission (2013).
Gertjan Boulet
Dariusz Kloza
Dariusz (Darek) Kloza is a doctoral researcher at the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology, and Society (LSTS) and the Institute for European Studies (IES) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He holds both an LL.M. in Law and Technology (2010) from the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University (with distinction) and a master degree in law from University of Białystok (2008). He was also an exchange student at University of Copenhagen (2007-2008). His research is focused on fundamental rights in the digital era (especially privacy and data protection), liability of intermediary service providers and private international law. His doctoral research focuses on positive procedural obligations for privacy and data protection from the European perspective.
He has been involved in researching privacy and data protection issues in a number of EU co-funded projects, such as PIAF (Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for data protection and privacy rights), PHAEDRA (Improving Practical and Helpful cooperAtion bEtween Data PRotection Authorities) and ADVISE (Advanced Video Surveillance archives search Engine for security applications). He has also contributed to the work of the European Commission’s Task Force for Smart Grids, aimed at ensuring high level of privacy and personal data protection in smart grids/metering.
Dariusz Kloza
