Privacy, Personal Informationand the Law – keeping it sane

18 September 2009

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Hi!• Jason Miles-Campbell

JISC Legal Service Manager

• jason.miles-campbell@jisclegal.ac.uk

• +44 (0)141 548 4939

• www.jisclegal.ac.uk

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What do we do?

• Publications / Resources

• Enquiries

• Events

• News / Newsletter

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Why am I here?

• It’s a FACT!

• Investigation into the Feasibility of a Cross-Jurisdiction Common Access Management Federation Agreement

• Consent Management Project

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What law is there?

• Privacy as a human right

• Data protection as a European Union requirement / legislative requirement

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Legal Tensions

• Privacy threats: data linking; centralisation; logging; control.

• Privacy enablers: anonymisation; peer-to-peer distribution; good federated access management

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Legal Issues

• What is personal information?• Constructive personal

information?• Choice and consent?• Proportionality

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Resources

JISC Legal

• Theme: Identity Management

• Legal Area: Data Protection

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www.jisclegal.ac.uk

info@jisclegal.ac.uk

+44 (0)141 548 4939

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