8/9/2019 Data governance in the Web era: Issues of privacy and
protection in a Web that never forgets. -Niko Tsakalakis
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Niko Tsakalakis,LL.B. Law, LL.M. Int. Commercial ADP
[email protected]
University of Southampton
Data governance in the Web era
Issues of privacy and protection in a Web that never forgets
o Mass collection / mass processing of data
o New opportunities to create data sets of previously non-
combinable data
o New ways of profiling?
o Increased chance of inadvertently publishing sensitive
data?
o Is anonymity on the Web still achievable?
Big Data
o Increased preventive
surveillance of social
media
o Increased (unlawful)
profiling of users?
Surveillance
More aspects of life available online:
Devices direct communication with other devices
New online devices (fitness trackers, wearables,
smart appliances)
Raw censor data in the cloud
How much do users understand their devices?
What is the quality of user consent to services?
Do we need a reform of how user consent is
currently taken and re-assess its value?
Internet of Things
US Black box Act / We are watching you Act
EU Draft GFPR 2012/0011
Several Data Protection regimes in Asia
We are under-going reforms globally on data protection laws.
Among the issues still under discussion:
How will jurisdiction be defined in an inter-connected
world,
where subjects, data controllers and applicable laws could
all
belong to different legal systems?
Jurisdiction
o Right to be disconnected
o Right to be invisible
o Right of portability
o Freedom of speech vs Personal data
o Right to be forgotten
New legal rights
Governments and companies are
encouraged to embrace open formats and
make data sets publicly available.
Incomplete training, incomplete legislation
and incomplete comprehension of data
policies have led to breaches of sensitive
information.
Open data
Privacy on the Web has always been a paradox:
Even though the perceived anonymity due to pseudonyms and
distance encouraged users to disclose information more easily than
in real
life, the lack of understanding of security mechanisms, the ease
of use of search engines and the dominance of social media in all
aspects of
everyday life have led to major privacy risks.
The Internet of Things, Big/Open data, the Semantic Web all
promise a revolution to what was previously available as online
data:
Geolocation, fitness statistics, medical records, behavioural
patterns the list goes on.
States are in the process of re-evaluating their data protection
policies, to adjust to this emerging technologies. The law has
previously been
accused of being too slow to follow technological advances.
There is an increased need to understand exactly what new
challenges the new technologies will pose to users privacy and to
data
protection. Some indicative areas of research can be found
below:
* The word cloud above was created from the recent
#drinkdriversnameontwitter incident, where Surrey and Sussex Police
published arrested but not-yet convicted drivers names on
Twitter
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