Engaging People in Data Privacy

This one day workshop will explore new ways in which data subjects can take an active part in how their data are shared. An interdisciplinary blend of science and technology, social policy, psychology legal analysis will be presented.

Presentations and discussion will explore how people think about privacy and how this interacts with the use of personal data. They will investigate the mechanisms which need to be implemented to improve privacy of data and how the Big Data community can potentially help to address such issues. Presentations will be designed to be accessible to a broad audience and will cover area such as:

• The Public understanding of privacy
• Multifaceted models of privacy
• Consent management
• Personal data stores
• Digital citizenship
• Economic approaches to privacy

Session two of the programme will include short talks from data holders on perspectives and the challenges they face and the day will finish with a facilitated panel discussion.

The event will be of interest to a wide range of communities including data holders, privacy practitioners and researchers, IT professionals across all sectors health providers, retailers, the financial sector, market and social research companies, government; indeed anyone who has an interest in the future of data privacy.