Organised by CPDP

Chair: Christopher Kuner, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)

Moderator: Malavika Jayaram, Harvard University (US)

Panel: Colin Bennett, Victoria University (CA), Danilo Doneda, Rio de Janeiro State University (BR), Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE (BE), Thomas Zerdick, European Commission (EU)

The transfer of data across borders has become crucial to the functioning of society, and to the global economy. However, global transfers of data also make data subject to misuse, whether by companies or intelligence agencies. This also leads to uncertainty about which protections apply, and different countries have taken different approaches to the protection of privacy. The problems this causes for international data transfers between the EU and US have been discussed at length. However, the focus on the EU-US relationship has obscured the fact that data are being transferred between many other countries, and that data transfers have become a global phenomenon. This panel takes a global perspective in exploring some of the the key issues concerning the protection of cross-border data flows, focusing in particular on the following questions:

What does it mean to regulate cross border data transfers in light of the Internet and ubiquitous computing?
What regulatory approaches are being used around the world?
What prospects are there for an international treaty or solution in this area?
How can we avoid increasing international conflicts caused by the extraterritorial application of data protection law?

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