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“Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard” On the morning of January 28, 2010, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information & Privacy Commissioner, hosted her annual symposium to commemorate International Data Privacy Day – “Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard.” The Commissioner and a distinguished group of speakers, including Dr. Kai Rannenberg, T-Mobile Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and, Art Smith, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GS1 Canada, described how Privacy by Design has benefited their organizations. This practical, time-tested approach protects personal information while ensuring the functionality of technologies and business practices.
On January 28, 2010, the University of Alberta, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Deloitte, and Service Alberta , Government of Alberta, presented a symposium on Data Breaches and Data Breach Reporting in honor of Data Privacy Day. Featuring Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta; David Loukidelis, Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia; Gary Dickson, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan; and keynote speaker Don Sheehy of Deloitte, the event was held from 8:15 – 11:30 am in the MacKenzie Room of the Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel, Conference Centre.
Canadian Mayors Proclaim Data Privacy Day
European Union
European Data Protection Day – January 28, 2010 – Check this webpage for more information about Data Protection Day activities held in the European Union and activities of the National Data Protection Authorities in the following countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, and Sweden.
In honor of Data Protection Day 2010, Microsoft, European Schoolnet, Coface, and the Vrije Universitat Brussel (VUB), hosted a Europe-wide poster competition: 15 – 19 year olds were invited to create and submit short ‘multi-media posters’ on the theme “Privacy is a Human Right – treat it with care.” Winners of the competition were selected by an eminent jury and invited to Brussels on 28 January 2010 to participate in a two-hour event and award ceremony, featuring keynote speeches by prominent policy makers, and a discussion about the various aspects of privacy between the jury members and students.
The Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LSTS/VUB), together with other institutional, academic and corporate partners, organized a series of activities for Data Protection Day on 28 January 2010, including: a political debate on privacy at the European Parliament, bringing together decision makers, academics, youngsters, experts in communication and representative of the private sector and civil society; a Pecha Kucha; an awards ceremony of 3 prizes for civil society (best privacy campaign), for IT specialists (best privacy boosting technology), and for artists (best artistic expression of privacy); and a privacy party, with DJs and privacy technologies.
In the two following days, the LSTS/VUB, together with research centres and universities, organized the third edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference – CPDP2010. The CPDP was held in Brussels on the 29th and 30th January, and hosted panels on stakeholders’ agendas and specific topics as well as parallel sessions on Ambient Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and data protection in Justice and Home Affairs. Further information on the program, and the inscription are available on the website.
4th Data Protection Day: An Initiative of the Council of Europe with the Support of the European Commission.
Following French “Informatique et Libertes” Law, an individual may request that an entity that holds personal data about him, share that personal data with him. After a request is made, the entity has two months to provide full information to the person who made the request, free of charge. In certain circumstances, the individual may then request that the personal information be deleted or that it be brought up to date.
The Association Francaise des Correspondants a la protection des Donnees a caractere Personnel, also known as the French Association of Data Protection Officers (AFCDP), is pleased to announce that it will publish on 28 January 2010, Data Privacy Day, the AFCDP’s first “Access Right Index.” (in English and in French) Intended to help French entities, both private and governmental, prepare themselves to respond to these information requests and to help educate individuals about their rights, the Index will provide some insight into the manner in which entities are currently complying with the law. To complete the study, access to personal data requests were sent to a panel of more than 200 French entities. In the Index, the AFCDP will indicate which sectors were the best and worst in terms of compliance, and will also provide anonymous, real examples of wrongdoing and guidance as to best practices.
The Access Right Index results were circulated to French Press on Data Protection Day/Data Privacy Day, January 28, 2010.
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