Wednesday 5th March 2014, 2.00pm - 4.00pm, Graham Wallace Room, OLD 5.25
Panel
Dr. Orla Lynskey, Department of Law, LSE
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Dr. Caroline Wilson Palow, Privacy International
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Dr. Edgar Whitley, ISI Group, Department of Management, LSE
The concept of privacy was only formulated in the late 19th century, and significant philosophical debates around it only started in the 1960s. Since then, privacy has been declared dead several times. At the state level, the war on terrorism seemed to legitimize ever more widespread privacy violations in the interest of security. At the private sector level, the concept was questioned by companies with a vested interest, from Google ignoring the privacy implications of their data collection to Facebook declaring that privacy was no longer a "social norm" (Mark Zuckerberg).
Recently, the two levels have converged. Should we review our perspectives on privacy and its violations since Edward Snowden's leaks about the extent of surveillance operations by the NSA and the British GCHQ? At least, there's a renewed public debate on the merits of privacy. Will this be short lived, or will privacy policy actually change as a consequence?
Privacy has always been a key research area at ISIG. We would like to use the refreshed interest in the field to present some current research, and discuss the relevance of the topic from an IS perspective.
For further event information please contact Florian Allwein: f.o.allwein@lse.ac.uk