Date: Tuesday 29 June 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Bob Ayers, David Bond Caspar Bowden, Robert Carolina, Earl Erroll
Chair: Dr Gus Hosein

Control over your personal data: who, how much, why? The panel discussion will address such questions as: How much control should individuals have over 'their' personal data, or should that control be exercised on their behalf, e.g., in pursuance of a government agenda?; How does the trend towards openness, fostered by social networks, really change norms and values?; What do we mean by personal data anyway, and how/why will this definition change?

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Gus Hosein, Senior Visiting Fellow at the LSE and panellists will provide perspectives from industry, government and ordinary citizens. The event is being run by the interdisciplinary research project EnCoRe, that is addressing the role of consent (and the revocation of consent) as a mechanism for providing control over the use of personal data by commercial and public-sector organisations.

Bob Ayers, former Director of the US DoD Defensive Warfare Program and retired Intelligence Officer. David Bond, film-maker and director of the film Erasing David. Caspar Bowden, Chief Privacy Adviser, Microsoft Corporation WW Technology Office. Robert Carolina, Director and Principal, Origin Ltd., English solicitor and US lawyer. Earl Erroll, Crossbench member of the House of Lords, with a particular interest in ICT issues.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email e.a.whitley@lse.ac.uk.

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