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REUTERS/Jorge Silva REUTERS/Jorge THE PRIVACY AND THE LAW CONFERENCE 2010 THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW WEDNESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2010, LONDON This key event provides examination of the current and emerging challenges to privacy – and the solutions that are developing to meet them. You will hear from a range of expert speakers on: EARN • The relationship between privacy and freedom of information 6 CPD HOURS • Privacy and the internet ACCREDITED BY • The current agenda for privacy THE SRA/BAR • The challenges of globalisation and new technology STANDARD BOARD Chair: Roger Smith OBE, Director of JUSTICE THE PRIVACY AND THE LAW CONFERENCE 2010 WEDNESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2010, PINSENT Masons, 30 AYLESBURY STREET, LONDON EC1R 0ER How do ideas of privacy that were A COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY CURRENT conceived in the age of print translate ANALYSIS OF THE LATEST AND EMERGING ISSUES to the modern age? DEVELOPMENTS • Privacy v freedom of information – how The law on privacy faces enormous Privacy and the Law will provide you does the law deal with competing claims? challenges – from new technology, from with a thorough update on how the law is • Online and open – how should privacy globalisation and from the pressure for adapting to rapid political and technological law respond to the rise of social greater transparency in the public realm. developments, covering: networking websites? • After Lisbon – the EU now sees data The rapid development of the internet and • The relationship between privacy protection as a fundamental right. the increasing electronic capture of images and freedom of information How will this affect the UK? and data provides an obvious threat to • Privacy and the internet • A watchdog with bite – six months on, the protection of privacy, both in the • The current agenda for privacy how is the Information Commissioner UK and globally. • The challenges of globalisation exercising his new powers? and new technology Problems are emerging about the • Data transfer – is the development transfer of information within multi-national You will hear from a range of expert speakers of global standards diluting privacy corporations based in countries with different who will examine the challenges to privacy protections? data protection regimes. More and more of law from a number of perspectives. Privacy • Special cases – how does the law us are willingly placing private information on and the Law will provide you with: protect the privacy of children and public social networks. And moves to widen vulnerable adults? • An understanding of complex the scope of freedom of information laws • A new broom in Whitehall – what does and fast-moving issues have major implications for privacy. the coalition’s agenda mean for policy • A knowledge of all relevant recent and the law? How is privacy law responding to these case-law • Automating privacy – how can pressures? And how will developments in • Insight into the interplay between technology protect personal data? the UK – with a coalition government with a UK and EU jurisdictions and attempts markedly new agenda – and Europe – where to develop global standards the Lisbon Treaty and EU proposals promise • A timely analysis of how the new significant changes – affect law and practice? government’s policies are affecting This timely conference will examine in the development of privacy law detail the current and emerging challenges • A glimpse into an uncertain future to privacy – and the solutions that are developing to meet them. Follow this event on JUSTICE is a UK-based charity. It promotes access to justice, human rights and the rule of law - through research, education, lobbying and interventions in the courts. JUSTICE relies on its members and supporters for the funds to continue its work. 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For more information, visit www.justice.org.uk BENEFIT FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF TOPICS 9.00 REGISTRATION 14.00 SESSION 3: THE CURRENT AGENDA FOR PRIVACY 9.30 WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UK AND EUROPE Roger Smith OBE, Director of JUSTICE Timothy Pitt-Payne QC, 11KBW A wide-ranging examination of the key UK and EU 9.35 OVERVIEW developments affecting privacy law, covering: The Hon Michael Beloff QC, Blackstone Chambers • The coalition government’s agenda, including: CCTV An introduction to the issues, covering: regulation; a review of state databases; extension • The relationship between privacy and other areas of law of re-use rights; and what increased transparency • Legislative proposals will mean for public and private sectors • The impact of transparency on governance • The provisions of the Lisbon Treaty and their impact • Growing tensions between UK and EU standards on national practices in Europe in privacy and data protection • Current EU proposals – how will a proposed directly applicable Regulation sit with a current regime based 10.00 SESSION 1: PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION on the use of Directives? THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S NEW POWERS – 15.00 TEA AUDITS AND MONEY PENALTIES Hazel Grant, Bristows Solicitors 15.15 SESSION 4: THE CHALLENGES – GLOBALISATION AND April 2010 saw significant new powers for the Information NEW TECHNOLOGY Commissioner: DATA TRANSFER IN AN INTER-CONNECTED WORLD • The power to impose fines of up to £500,000 Rosemary Jay, Pinsent Masons • Right to audit public bodies This session will examine the impact of these changes. The current regime for international data transfer is It will also look at proposals for extending the scope of the dominated by an EU approach that imposes strains on Freedom of Information Act if these have been announced. multi-national corporates. Businesses face the difficult choice of either ignoring the legal issues, putting in IDENTITY AND ANONYMITY – RELEVANT place costly legalistic solutions or ‘box ticking’ using DEVELOPMENTS IN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW contracts. None of these is satisfactory. This session Gerry Facenna, Monckton Chambers looks at moves to develop a commercially acceptable There have been more cases on privacy and disclosure but sound process. under the freedom of information regime than under THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBAL STANDARD data protection. This session will examine relevant Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner recent case-law. It will also cover: • The repeal of the Identity Card scheme The global standard shows how privacy regulators over the and the impact on how identity is dealt with globe are working together. It is based on a range of different • Freedom of Information Act disclosures instruments but should act as a focus to bring these nearer of data about employee settlements together. This session looks at how the global standard will be taken forward and how it will interact with UK and EU standards. 11.15 COFFEE BREAK IDENTIFIABILITY, DATA MINIMISATION AND 11.45 SESSION 2: PRIVACY AND THE INTERNET PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRIVACY Caspar Bowden, Chief Privacy Adviser, Microsoft WW Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Technology Office The rise of social networking has led to the widely promoted Legal analysis of borderline Data Protection cases often view that users do not value privacy and it is has no resonance focuses on human judgements about proportionality and in the online world. Is this a true perception? Does privacy necessity. But another dimension is the extent to which data have the same meaning in the off- and online environment may be anonymised, thus obviating the privacy risk to the and how should the law deal with the challenges this poses? data subject. This session will give an overview of the policy history and the potential legal impact of recent developments BLOGS AND PRIVACY in computer science, and prospects for advanced privacy Emma Martins, Data Protection Commissioner, Jersey technologies providing a resolution to well-known tensions between information privacy and security. This session features an analysis of a very topical and controversial issue – where privacy protection and claims 17.15 CLOSE to freedom of expression collide. In Jersey legal action is being taken against an ex-Senator who disclosed private information on a blog. One interesting feature of the case is that the blog was hosted by Google which refused to remove the material despite repeated submissions that it was in breach of privacy and data protection laws. 13.00 LUNCH Please note that this programme is subject to change without notice. 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