Talk:When the public sphere became private – WS 01 2014

This is the discussion site for the session When the public sphere became private

1) Legal/Interstate - Challenges - jurisdictional, public private responsibilities, data protection legislation vs. innovation - Responses - The EU Data protection reform, ECHR case law interpretation, revision of the US-EU Safe Harbour agreement, UN (La Rue ”surveillance” report, April 2013 and the ”right to privacy in the digital age resolution” Nov. 2013, ”Privacy in the digital age” Report, due sept. 2015) 2) Tech/Business - Challenges: how to combine free data flow and innovation with data protection and privacy - Responses: view points from European tech alternatives, focus on alternative business models, technical solutions to the navigation of the private-public sphere 3) User/civil society - Challenges: demands and needs of users, lack of skills and knowledge, no adequate protection, lack of transparency - Responses: capacity building initiatives, awareness raising, curricula development, activism.

Speakers/Panelists 1. Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Institute of Human Rights (confirmed) 2. Annette Muhlberg, ver.di - (confirmed) 3. Minka Stoyanova, Fulbright Fellow (confirmed) 4. Aral Balkan, indie phone (invited) 5. IFLA representative (invited)

Live moderator: Gry Hasselbalch (confirmed)