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The 21st International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data ProtectionHong Kong, China13-14 September, 1999
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Programme Keynote Session: "Privacy in the New Millennium: A Critique of Existing Privacy Standard in the Light of Technology Innovation" Speaker: The Hon Justice Michael Donald KIRBY, Justice of the High Court of Australia, Australia Justice Michael Kirby it a judge of the High Court of Australia, the highest Court in Australia. Previously, he was a judge of die Federal Court of Australia, President of the Appeal of New South Wales and of Solomon Islands and first Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission. Internationally, he served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Human Rights in Cambodia and President of the International Commission of Jurists. In the field of privacy he took part in die ALRC project which led to the Australian Privacy Act. He was Chair of the OEDC Committees on Privacy and on Data Security and has raised national and international concern about the privacy issues of informatics.
Plenary Session - "The EU Directive - A Year Down the Road" Session Essence: Is the EU Directive (95/46/EU) a model for the world or an unexessary hurdle to international data sharing? Is there a ´right way´ to protect personal privacy? Chairperson: Mr Peter j. HUSTINX Speaker/Panelists: Dr. Lászlo MÀJtÈNYI Dr. Armgard von REDEN Professor Peter SWIRE Mr. Nigel WATERS
Plenary Session "The Promises and Perils of Technology: Innovation and Privacy" Session essence: Technology can either be a friend or foe of privacy - further eroding it or enhancing it. The tracking technologies now prevalent on the Internet will continue to diminish our privacy unless inovative new technologies emerge, allowing for true choice and control over ons´s personal data. This session will explore several promising technolgies that offer the hope of preserving privacy protection into the next millennium. Chairperson:
Dr. Ann CAVOUKIAN Speakers/Panelists: Dr. John BORKING Dr. Ann CAVOUKIAN Dr. Lorrie Faith CRANOR Mr. Austin HILL
Plenary Session - "The Emerging Law of Cyberspace and Implications for Data Protection" Session Essence: The Emerging law of cyberspace raises many implications for data protection. For example, rules an systems designed to protect intellectual property may conflict with data protection values and objectives, while doctrines on online contract formation and enforcement as well as jurisdiction may challenge privacy protection based on contractual models such as P3P and transborder data flow contracts. This session will explore these emerging legal theories and discuss their consequences for data protection issues. Chairperson: Mr. Michel GENTOT Speakers/Panelists: Professor Jon BING Professor Graham GREENLEAF
Plenary Session - " Consumer Rights and Electronic Commerce" Session Essence: The attidude and concerns of consumers particularly releates to data privacy are reflected through the latest international survey covering different countries. This session will discuss how such concerns could be alleviated through international co-operation and a proposed bill of rights for consumers. Speakers/Panelists: Mrs. Pamela CHAN Professor Alan F. WESTIN Parallel Session - "Data Protection and Freedom of Information: Two Sides of the Same Coin?" Session Essence: The approach to the two issues of data protection and freedom of information varies between jurisdictions. There is an inevitable tension between them - how is that tension best made creative rather than one set of rights working at the expense of the other? Chairperson: Mrs. Elizabeth FRANCE Speakers/Panelists: Mr. David FLAHERTY Mr. Michel GENTOT Mr Fergus GLAVEY Ms. Moya T. Davenport GRAY Professor Charles Raab
Parallel Session - "Privacy and the News Media" Session Essence: This sesson will address the following questions. Can journalists and editors be trusted by themselves to strike an appropriate balance between the public interest in the free exchange of information and the privacy interests of individuals? If they cannot, is statutory regulation of the media to protect privacy the best way of achieving this or a bigger source of concern than the problem it aims to solve? Speakers/Panelists: Dott. Giovanni BUTTARELLI Ms. Jane KIRTLEY Mr. Kevin LAU Professor Paymond Wacks
Parallel Session - "Data Security and Privacy Audits" Session Essence: Checking and auditing dara security is essential for the protection of privacy. Different auditing strategies pursued by commissioners, supervisory agencies and private consultants with their benefits and drawbacks will be discussed. Speakers/Panelists: Dr. Bruno BAERISWYL Mr. David FLAHERTY Professor Peter Heinzmann Dr. Lawrence A. PHONEMON Mr. Stephen Woolley
Parallel Session - "Public Registers - Privacy Problems and Solutions" Session Essence: Pressing challenges to privacy in the operation of opern public registers will increase in the 21st century, with technological advances and changes in the manner in which public services are managed. Mr. Robert Gellman will highlight and illustrate key privacy risks associated with puvblic registers. Mr. Blair Stewart will propose some legislative and data protection strategies to minimize such risks. A panel discussion with contributions from the floor will test the speakers` views on the nature of the problems and the range of potential solutions. Chairperson: Mr. Bruce SLANE Speakers/Panelists: Mr. Robert GELLMAN Mr. Robin McLEISH Mr. Blair N. STEWART
Parallel Session - "The Rise of Ubiquitous Surveillance: What "The Enemy of State", "Gattica" and "1984" Tell us About Our Future" Session Essence: As tracking techniques multiply and video cameras emerge on every street corner, the risk of real-time ubiquitous surveillance becomes ever more likely. What would such a world like look? On this panel, leading experts on surveillance and tracking technologies will comment on the futures envisaged in three influential films: "The Enemy of the State" by Jerry Bruckheimer, "Gattica" by Andrew Niccol, and "1984" by George Orwell. Chairperson: Mr. Marc ROTENBERG Speakers/Panelists: Professor Phil AGRE Dr. Roger CLARKE Mr. Simon DAVIS
Parallel Session - "Telecommunications and Privacy" Session Essence: Global networks such as the Internet have turned the world into a virtual village. Specific challenges to privacy have to be met in this setting. Netizens should not be restricted to walk the streets of this village at the expense of their privacy. Chairperson: Mr. Georg APENES Speakers/Panelists: Dr. John BORKING Dr. Hansjürgen GARSTKA Mrs. Suzanne MORIN Dr. John WOULDS
Parallel Session - "Privacy in the Global Arena" Session Essence: This session provides the latest update on various regulatory initiatives by countries and by geographical regions to protect the rights and privacy of individuals, and outline interesting approaches taken by some countries to tackle sensitive issues. Efforts and initiatives being taken by international agencies to ensure equity and consistencies are also discussed. Speakers/Panelists: Dr. David BANISAR Ms. Anne CARBLANC
Parallel Session - "Law Enforcement Across Boundaries/International Police Co-operation" Session Essence: One of the most potentially far-reaching information systems issues at present is the development of extensive anti-crime databases and the pressures for integrations at international level. These developments also raise data protection issues of a fundamental and challenging nature. This session teases out these issues in detail and presents some approaches for addressing them. Chairperson: Mr. Paul THOMAS Speakers/Panelists: Mr. Souheil EI ZEIN Mr. Paul KENDALL Professor Dr. Bart de SCHUTTER |
