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<small>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. ;-)<br>
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Ralf<br>
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<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">German Marshall
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Date: 2010/9/17<br>
Subject: INVITATION - Building a Transatlantic Data Partnership
- September 23<br>
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<p align="center"><b><u>INVITATION</u></b></p>
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<p align="center"><b><font size="+1"><b><font size="+1"><b><font
size="+1"><b>Building a Transatlantic Data
Partnership </b></font></b></font></b></font><br>
</b><b>How to protect fundamental privacy rights in times of
new threats</b> </p>
<p align="center">Thursday, September 23<sup>rd</sup> </p>
<p align="center">16h00 - 17h30 <br>
(please join for us for a reception after the panel debate)</p>
<p align="center">Résidence Palace (Polak Room), Rue de la Loi
155, 1040 Brussels</p>
<p align="center">Please RSVP to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:escully@gmfus.org" target="_blank">escully@gmfus.org</a></p>
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<p><strong>Speakers: </strong><strong><u>Mary Ellen
Callahan</u></strong><strong>,</strong><strong> Chief
Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act
Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security<br>
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<u>Nancy C. Libin</u>, Chief
Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, U.S. Department of
Justice</strong></p>
<p><strong> <u>Marie-Hélène Boulanger</u>,
Head of Unit for Data Protection, DG Justice, European
Commission <br>
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A representative of a European NGO</strong></p>
<p><strong>Moderator: <font color="#000000"> </font></strong><b><u><a
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href="http://database.gmfus.org/rs/ct.aspx?ct=24F76C1ED1E60AEDC1D089A5DB299310D8BE5588F8A52DA2349D55444994EE21FC480CCED0D813CA314C373FA81B56FE93A5904745461405B2CF0F1884A93E96944192D71800DEB30B523C3"
target="_blank"><font color="#000000">John</font></a><font
color="#000000"> Richardson</font></u></b><b>, Senior
Advisor, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.</b></p>
<p>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?<em></em></p>
<p>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.<em></em></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p align="center"><em>For questions about the event please
contact us on +32 2 238 5292 or by e-mailing </em><em><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:escully@gmfus.org"
target="_blank">escully@gmfus.org</a></em></p>
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