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Issue20-May2019
BrusselsPrivacyHubNewsletter
InJune,theBrusselsPrivacyHubwillhostits4thEuropeanDataProtection Law Summer School, entitled "Advancing (with) EUdataprotection".
During five days, participants will explore primary and secondaryEU law, and engage with a variety of stakeholders ranging frompractitionerswithworldwideprivacyexpertise,representativesofkey EU institutions including the European Commission and theEuropeanParliament,dataprotectionauthoritiesamongwhichtheEuropean Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), digital rightsadvocates,andleadingacademicsfromEuropeandbeyond.Theywillalsohaveauniqueopportunitytonetworkwith,andlearnfrom,equallyinterestedparticipants.
Combining lecturesby internationally recognisedspeakers,hand-onpracticalcases,androle-playing,studentswillbebroughtdirectlyintotheheartofEuropeanUnion’slegalandpolicy-makingandgivenafull-fledged vision of the challenges and opportunities of EU’s dataprotection,anditsglobalrole.Theprogrammeincludesinstitutionalvisitsandeveningnetworkingevents.
A detailed programme is available (may be still subject to smallchanges)
Confirmedlecturers:*GiovanniButtarelli(EuropeanDataProtectionSupervisor)andEDPSstaffonIndependentDPAs*JefAusloos(UniversityofAmsterdam)onRighttobeforgotten*CeciliaÁlvarezRigaudias(Facebook)onBeingaDPO* Marta Borrat i Frigola (European Banking Federation) on DataProtectionandbankingsector*CédricBurton(WSGR)onDataTransfers*MichałCzerniawski(PermanentRepresentationofPolandtotheEU)onGDPRTerritorialscope
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UpcomingEvents24-28June2019-JOINUS!
4thEuropeanDataProtectionLawSummerSchoolAdvancing(with)EUdataprotection
*ChristopherDocksey(HonoraryDirectorGeneral,EDPS)onPrivacyandDataProtection*GloriaGonzálezFuster(BrusselsPrivacyHub,LSTS,VUB)onDatasubjects'rightsandremedies*HielkeHijmans(BrusselsPrivacyHub)onLawfulprocessing*MireilleHildebrandt(LSTS,VUB)onAI*DariuszKloza(d.pia.lab/LSTS)onDPIA*MegLetaJones(GeorgetownUniversity)onConsentandUSDataPrivacy* SharaMonteleone andKristinaMilt (European Parliament) onDataprotectionandtheEuropeanParliament* Teodora Pimpireva (MasterCard) on Obligations of datacontrollersandprocessors* Juraj Sajfert (European Commission) on Data Protection in EUInstitutions*BrendanVanAlsenoy(BelgianDPA)onRoles,responsibilitiesandliabilityunderGDPR*JorisVanHoboken(LSTS,VUB)ontheePrivacyDirective* Audrey Van Scharen (LSTS, VUB) on Data Protection andScientificResearch*HeidiWaem(Crowell&Moring)Practicalsessions
Location: Institute forEuropeanStudies (IES)of theVrijeUniversiteitBrussel(VUB),Pleinlaan5,B-1050,Brussels.
Language:English.
Targetaudience:Legalpractitioners,publicandprivatesectordataprotection professionals - including compliance officers, dataprotection officers, data policy officers - civil society professionals,earlycareeracademicresearchersandotherswhoworkintheareasof privacy and data protection law. Prior familiarity with the fieldrequired.
Certificate: Participants will receive a certificate of attendanceindicatingthattheyhaveattendedthefullprogramme.
Registration:toregisterclickhere.
This roundtable will explore critical questions surroundingpersonal‘dataownership’anddatasubjectrightsundertheGeneralDataProtectionRegulation(GDPR).
24June-The(In)AlienableDataSubject:Theseductionsofdataownership,control
andtradeindataprotectionlaw(Summer-Schoolopeningevent)
Thepanelistswilladdressissuessuchasindividuals’consentratioand limitations, the legal barriers to commercial flow ofpersonaldataunderdataprotectionlaw,themeaningofgenuine‘free’ consent, and how data subject rights described in theGDPRarebeingmade,orshouldstillbemade,moreeffectiveunderinnovative perspectives (e.g. right to (non)-representation, datatrusts,inalienabilitybydefault,etc.).*PaulNemitz,EuropeanCommission(Chair)*MegLetaJones,GeorgetownUniversity*VaclavJanececk,OxfordUniversity*SylvieDelacroix,UniversityofBirminghamandTuringInstitute*ValentinaPavel,MozillaFellow,PrivacyInternationalTime:17.00-20.00(Includingreception)Venue:PermanentRepresentationofBelgiumtotheEuropeanUnion,65RueBélliard,1000,BrusselsRegistration:Theeventisfreetoattend,butduetolimitedcapacity,registration is required. Should you encounter difficulties with theonlineregistration,[email protected].
Debate with Dr Jef Ausloos (KU Leuven/Amsterdam University),authorofadoctoralthesisentitled“TheRight toErasure:SafeguardforInformationalSelfDeterminationinaDigitalSociety?”TheauthornotesthattheInternet–originallydesignedtomakeitveryhard to monitor or control individual behaviour – has become thebreedingground for someof themost important information andpowerasymmetriesofourtime.Oneofthemainelementsenablingthese asymmetries, primarily playing out between individuals andcommercialentities,istheprocessingof(personal)data.Thethesis investigatestheroleof individualempowermentoverpersonal data in countering power asymmetries online. Thisdissertation’saimistodissect‘dataempowerment’intheinformationsociety through the lens of the right to erasure in Article 17 of theGeneralDataProtectionRegulation(GDPR).Theconclusionispositive:theGDPR’srighttoerasuredoesplayameaningfulrole.Time:12.00-14.30(lunchincluded)Venue: Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije UniversiteitBrussel(VUB),Pleinlaan5,B-1050,Brussels
25June-InformationalSelfDeterminationinaDigitalSociety?withDr.JefAusloos
(Summer-Schoolevent)
Registration:Theeventisfreetoattend,butduetolimitedcapacity,registration is required. Should you encounter difficulties with theonlineregistration,[email protected].
Thepurposeof thisworkshop is topresentandgather feedbackonthepreliminaryresultsoftheEUfundedresearchprojectPERSONA.PERSONA’smaingoalistodesignandestablishaunifiedandtailoredimpact assessment method to appropriately evaluate the societalconsequencesof state-of-the-artborder-controlling technologiesandto ensure that these solutions meet the requirements andexpectations of both, governments, including law enforcementauthorities,andindividualscrossing(external)Europeanborders.The project’s consortium periodically seeks feedback by, inter alia,organizingthreeworkshops.During the first workshop, the participants will attend two keynotespeeches by experts in the area of ethics and technology. Tworoundtableswillfollow,presentingthefirstresultsoftheprojectwithaviewtoseekfeedback.
Time:17.00-19.45(includingreception)
Venue: Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije UniversiteitBrussel(VUB),Pleinlaan5,B-1050,Brussels
Registration: A detailed agenda and registration are availablehere.
26June-PERSONA(Privacy,Ethical,RegulatoryandSOcialNo-gatecrossingpointsolutionAssessment)projectworkshop:Towardsacomprehensive
methodforimpactassessmentofno-gatecrossingtechnologiesatEuropeanborders
(Summer-Schoolsideevent)
PastEvents
On27March2019,theBrusselsPrivacyHubhostedtheseventheventoftheMeettheAuthorseries.Thistime,JurajSajfert(EuropeanCommission,DGJUST)andTeresaQuintel (Luxembourg University / Uppsala Universitet) presentedtheirpaperentitled“DataProtectionDirective(EU)2016/680forPoliceandCriminalJusticeAuthorities”addressingtheparticularitiesofdataprotection in the area of police and justice by law enforcementagencies(LEAs).TheydebatedtheoutcomesoftheirworkwithProf.GertVermeulen(Ghent University) andCecilia Verkleij (European Commission, DGHome).Hielke Hijmans (Brussels Privacy Hub/Belgian DPA) chairedthediscussion.Awrittensummaryisavailablehere
On1May2019,theFPFheldthe4thmasterclass intheseriesonOnlineadvertisingtechnologies(remoteparticipation).The session, featuring Robbert van Eijk (Leiden University/DutchDPA) and Adam Towvim (Brandeis International Businessschool/Chameleon Collective), explored: real-time bidding, i.e. theautomated process of selecting advertisements to be served to aparticularuserordeviceinthetimeittakesawebsitetoload;flowof
27March2019-MeettheAuthorSeries:DataProtectionDirectiveforPoliceandCriminalJusticeAuthorities(JurajSajfert
andTeresaQuintel)
1May2019-4thDigitalDataFlowsMasterclass:EmergingTechnologies
online data betweenwebsites, ad networks and intermediaries; howdatafromusers'activitiesacrossdifferentwebsitesandplatforms isusedforbehavioralorinterest-basedadvertising.Watchthevideohere.
On14May2019,theBrusselsPrivacyHubheldasussessfulon-day workshop entitled "Exploring the Privacy and DataProtection connection: InternationalWorkshop on the LegalNotionsofPrivacyandDataProtectioninEULawinaRapidlyChangingWorld"Academic experts, policy makers and practitioners in Europe,discussedtheEUrightstoprivacyanddataprotection–theirnature,scope and limitations, but also their practical legal and policyimplications.Awrittensummaryofthiseventwillbeavailablesoon.
Hub Member, Dr Hielke Hijmans, isappointed by Belgian Parliament asmemberoftheBoardoftheBelgianDPAOn29March, theBelgianParliament appointed the fivemembersofthe Board of the Belgian Data Protection Authority(Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit or Autorité de Protection desDonnées),foraperiodofsixyears.Hielke Hijmans (Brussels Privacy Hub) is appointed as director forlitigation and will head a litigations chamber, e.g. responsible forimposingsanctions.DavidStevens(chair),AlexandraJaspar,CharlotteDereppeandPeterVaneydenaretheotherBoardmembers.
14May2019-ExploringthePrivacyandDataProtectionconnection:InternationalWorkshopontheLegalNotionsofPrivacyandDataProtectioninEULawinaRapidly
ChangingWorld
News
Protecting personal data while usingartificial intelligence in the humanitarianactionOn 2 and 3 April 2019, the Brussels Privacy Hub (BHP) and theInternationalCommitteeof theRedCross (ICRC)hostedaworkshopaddressingdataprotectionissuesinartificial intelligenceusecasesinthehumanitariansector.Representatives of humanitarian organisations, national dataprotectionauthorities,scholars,technicalexpertsandrepresentativesof the private sector presented and discussed challenges related topersonal data processing in artificial intelligence solutions forhumanitarianprograms.Thediscussionshighlightedchallengesrelatedto machine bias, transparency of systems, data quality, ethicalquestions related tomachine learninganddataprotectionconcerns,such as dataminimisation and the right not be subjected to a fullyautomateddecision-making.Thetwo-dayworkshopwasheldattheVUB’s InstituteforEuropeanStudiesinBrusselsandwaspartofthe2ndworkingseriesthataimsat updating and extending the scope of the Handbook on DataProtection in Humanitarian Action (Handbook), which was firstpublished in 2017. The revised and more extensive version of theHandbookwillbepublishedbyJanuary2020.
ChristopherKuner,‘TheInternetandtheglobalreachofEUlaw’,in:MariseCremonaandJoanneScott(eds.),EULawBeyond EU Borders: The Extraterritorial Reach of EU Law112-145(OxfordUniversityPress2019)
BrusselsPrivacyHubLawScienceTechnology&Society(LSTS)VrijeUniversiteitBrusselPleinlaan2B-1050BrusselsBelgiuminfo@brusselsprivacyhub.eu
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