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The Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia and Reboot Communications are pleased to announce the 2nd Privacy and Access 20/20 Conference, November 12 and 13, 2015 at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver, BC. The theme for this two-day conference is The Future of Privacy.
In an age of ubiquitous technology, mass amounts of personal data are being digitized, shared, analyzed and monetized. These tools have broad application and will transform the way we work, the way we are governed, and the way we think about information and data.
This conference will have broad appeal to individuals in the public, private and non-profit sectors. The agenda will offer thought-provoking, intellectual content from experts in industry, government, and civil society. It will showcase B.C. talent, but also include national and international thought leaders.
It has become de rigueur for consumers to receive notifications of privacy breaches. Up until very recently, the consequences of these breaches have mostly been borne by the companies involved, while the individuals affected receive a year of free credit monitoring. This year, in light of the breaches at OPM and Ashley Madison, these consequences have radically shifted: disclosure of private data has jeopardized security clearances, destroyed relationships, and led to suicides. As we further enter the “Internet of Things” era, more and more sensitive data will become stored in the cloud from an increasingly wider variety of sources. How are the consequences of data breaches likely to change in the coming years? Is the nature of what is considered “private” eroding? What, if anything, should be done about it?
The International Computer Science Institute invites you to join its colleagues from academia and industry as we discuss privacy in the digital age. Please register on Eventbrite.
Much of the debate (or hype) surrounding analytics and big data assumes that economic theory predicts data sharing is an unalloyed public good, an economic win-win for data holders and data subjects. The results from economic research on data sharing and privacy prove far more nuanced than that. Even within a purely “hardcore” economic framework more data and less privacy are not always the best, whether in terms of aggregate or individual welfare.
For more information and to register, please click here.
With the end of US – EU Safe Harbor, what are the alternatives for organizations that previously relied on Safe Harbor? While organizations await clarity about legitimate mechanisms for cross-border transfers between the EU and the US, is preparing for Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) a legitimate strategy? One advantage of preparing for BCRs is that it allows an organization to stand ready to demonstrate accountability which will help prepare an organization for any legal framework for cross-border data transfer. Additionally, it allows organizations to be able to demonstrate that the organization is doing the right thing with respect to processing personal data.
For more information about the webinar and to register, please click here.
On November 17th and 18th the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) will hold its 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
This year’s event, entitled “Risks. Harms. Rewards”, will focus on the many benefits, opportunities, and challenges our online lives can bring us. Some of the panel topics that will be explored at this year’s event include cyber ethics and cyber-bullying, child online sexual exploitation, privacy, international trends, and digital parenting.
Join the IAPP in Washington DC November 17-18 for its Practical Privacy Series 2015. On Tuesday, November 17, topics will include data breaches and financial services. On Wednesday, November 18, topics will include government data breaches and the FTC and consumer privacy.
For more information and to register, please click here.
The Conference on Responsible Use of Open Data: Government and the Private Sector, to be held at New York University on November 19-20, 2015 is co-organized by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) and NYU’s Information Law Institute and Department of Media, Culture and Communication. The event continues and expands the issues addressed by the April 2015 BCLT event Open Data: Addressing Privacy, Security, and Civil Rights Challenges Symposium. We are delighted that Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, the City of New York Chief Analytics Officer and in charge of the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics has agreed to open the conference in the afternoon of November 19th.
For more information and to register, please click here.
For November’s Privacy Lab, Mozilla and Disconnect will provide an overview of and invite feedback on Firefox’s newly launched Tracking Protection feature – tracking blocking as a built-in functionality – which uses Disconnect’s blacklist to block requests to known trackers.
The brief presentation and Q&A from 5:15-6pm Pacific will also be available on Air Mozilla. The second hour will be dedicated to informal small group discussions and networking (not recorded).
More information about this event and future events can be found at: https://wiki.mozilla.org/
With the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2015 perfectly timed to arrive with the expected finalisation of the proposed regulation, we’re planning an unprecedented programme to shed light on the current reality and future developments throughout Europe and around the world.
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