[Privsec] Brussels, 23 Sept: Building a Transatlantic Data Partnership

[Ralf Bendrath]

 For those in Brussels or wanting to come next Thursday: This is an
interesting and highly relevant event. The Council of Justice and Home
Affairs Ministers will probably adopt the negotiation mandate for the
transatlantic data protection framework agreement for criminal law
enforcement on 3rd December. Then the battle over the next level of
SWIFT, PNR, Prüm etc. will start. AFAIK, Nancy Libin, who will speak at
the event, is the US DoJ negotiator for this agreement. Viviane Reding's
new DG Justice is in charge on the EU side. My boss, Jan Philipp
Albrecht, is the EP's rapporteur. ;-)

Ralf

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From: *German Marshall Fund* <escully at gmfus.org <mailto:escully at gmfus.org>>
Date: 2010/9/17
Subject: INVITATION - Building a Transatlantic Data Partnership -
September 23


*_INVITATION_*

 

****Building a Transatlantic Data Partnership ***
**How to protect fundamental privacy rights in times of new threats*

Thursday, September 23^rd

16h00 - 17h30
(please join for us for a reception after the panel debate)

Résidence Palace (Polak Room), Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels

Please RSVP to escully at gmfus.org <mailto:escully at gmfus.org>

** 

*Speakers:       **_Mary Ellen Callahan_**,** Chief Privacy Officer and
Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security

                        _Nancy C. Libin_, Chief Privacy and Civil
Liberties Officer, U.S. Department of Justice*

*                        _Marie-Hélène Boulanger_, Head of Unit for Data
Protection, DG Justice, European Commission

                        A representative of a European NGO*

*Moderator:    **_John
<http://database.gmfus.org/rs/ct.aspx?ct=24F76C1ED1E60AEDC1D089A5DB299310D8BE5588F8A52DA2349D55444994EE21FC480CCED0D813CA314C373FA81B56FE93A5904745461405B2CF0F1884A93E96944192D71800DEB30B523C3>
Richardson_**, Senior Advisor, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.*

How far should levels of privacy protection reach? How extensive can the
legitimate basis for police and judicial data exchange be? How do we
balance security and privacy when using body scanning technology? How do
we make sure privacy rights are legally binding and democratically
supervised while remaining faithful to our U.S. and EU legal traditions
and systems?//

The role of personal data has become increasingly important in the
digital age. As technology advances, issues of individual freedoms and
privacy protection become increasingly relevant. The United States and
the European Union share a strong commitment to both security and the
rights and liberties of their citizens. They work closely together and
wrestle with many of the same issues. The process of identifying common
values and principles, the negotiations on PNR data and the recent
European support for the TFTP have already paved the way for solid
transatlantic cooperation on data transfer and protection in the law
enforcement and security context.//

This debate on the issues of data protection and privacy will be an
opportunity to explore policy answers and the potential for an
overarching agreement in order to bridge the differences that remain
between Brussels and Washington. Q&A will follow the speakers' remarks.

/For questions about the event please contact us on +32 2 238 5292 or by
e-mailing //escully at gmfus.org <mailto:escully at gmfus.org>/


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