OKFest2012 Open data and privacy

Openness and privacy, open data and data protection

What’s the deal?

Katleen JanssenICRI – KULeuven, Open Knowledge Foundation Belgium

LAPSI policy paper

• PSI Directive vs. Data Protection Directive

• National situations in EU Member States– Only re-use of anonymised data– Respect legislation on data protection– Role of data protection authorities

• Question: how to find solutions that balance the interests?

• http://www.lapsi-project.eu/wiki/index.php/Policy_recommendation_on_privacy

Today

• Kieron o’Hara sets the scene

‘Transparant government, not transparent citizens’, http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/272769/

• Panel debate– Zsuzsanna Belenyessy (EDPS)– Helen Darbishire (Access Info)– Chris Taggart (Opencorporates)– Kieron O’Hara (University of Southampton)

Credits

• “No public access” – fuzzcaminski, http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzcaminski/357105400/sizes/l/in/photostream/

• “Question”, theunquietlibrarian, http://www.flickr.com/photos/10557450@N04/6632470867/sizes/o/in/photostream/

• “Risk”, Foundation_Head, Nagesh Jayarama, http://www.flickr.com/photos/howard_roark/6046440678/

• “Privacy please”, hyku, Josh Hallett, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/368912557/

• LAPSI meeting: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/category/free-tags/meetings