Archive for 2009/11 :

Towards International Privacy Standards

Posted by Bogdan on 03/11/09

(Please note that all notes from Live Blogging were taken live and might contain some errors)
Last session from the Public Voice events - http://thepublicvoice.org/events/madrid0…
Presenting the declaration - Global Privacy Standards for a Global World, The Civil Society Declaration Madrid, Spain, 3 November 2009
Ms. Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner, Canada (Canada)
Describing Canada’s situation. Other activitis from the [...]

Transborder Data Flow: Bridges, Channels or Walls? - live blogging at Public Voice event in Madrid

Posted by Bogdan on 03/11/09

See the previous workshops coverage
Moderator: Prof. Yves Poullet, Computing Research Centre, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Belgium)
Mr. Pedro Martinez, Fiscal, Madrid High Court (Spain)
Data retention directive -  scope to monitor citizens
Implementation in spain - software SITEL - part of Interpol. Discussion on spanish issues regarding wiretapping and data retetion directive ( The translator [...]

Your Data in the Cloud - Live blogging from Civil Society Privacy event - Madrid

Posted by Bogdan on 03/11/09

Moderator: Ms. Anna Fielder, TACD, Privacy International (UK)
Mr. Michael Donohue, OECD
Cloud computing = industralization of IT. No formal defition, cloud servicies - convienient on-demand access to services over the Internet.
Policy - security & privacy.  But also procurement (govt buyer of claud services), broadband access, competition policy, IP + consumer protection.
Tension between user control and cloud [...]

Lambrinidis at the Public Voice coallition event

Posted by Bogdan on 03/11/09

Notes taken during the Speech (might have misssed some things):
Speech Stravros Limbrinidis - VicePresident EP
- we live in a world where everyone want to have the biggest access to our private data. And they can, today. This is the schyzofrenia of the Internet. Talk freely. Organize freely. The right to education and access to info. [...]

Blogging from the event - Global Privacy Standards for a Global World

Posted by Bogdan on 03/11/09

Live blogging from the Public Voice Coalition - Global Privacy Standards for a Global World - check out the programme here. Held in conjunction with the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy
Also watch #globalprivacy on twitter or EDRi’s twitter account
Marc Rotenberg starts talking about Public Coalition, thanking Katitza Rodriguez for her help and for [...]

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