From: Matt James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 April 2008 15:01
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Subject: BioCentre Symposium: Privacy and Surveillance 12th May 2008
People Power for the Third Millennium: Technology, Democracy and Human
Rights
BioCentre is pleased to invite you to the third symposium of the series:
Privacy & Surveillance: Monitoring Humans and Monitoring Human Rights?
Monday 12th May 2008
House of Lords, Westminster, 3‐5pm
As we all become more familiar with the 'online' lifestyle matters of
security become more important. When we do venture outside, the number
of surveillance cameras monitoring our every move evokes questions over
the emergence of a 'Big Brother' state.
The development of Radio‐frequency identification Devices (RFIDs)
offer endless opportunities for data collection but with no real
boundaries to how far they could be used. Paying for the bus may be one
thing, but monitoring our shopping preferences is something quite
different. Like never before, issues of privacy and surveillance are
very much at the forefront of people's minds.
In light of such developments, privacy laws must reflect the progress of
technological developments and not lag behind. As digital surveillance
increases, the nature of what surveillance entails also changes. The
barriers to surveillance that once existed now seem to be rapidly
diminishing as the prospect of tracking the precise movements and
behaviour of every individual seem to be a very real prospect.
Who should decide what information is collected and monitored? Is
privacy a thing of the past? Is the society that George Orwell depicted
a model to aspire to or a case study to avoid at all cost?
Hosted by Lord Neill of Bladen, BioCentre invites you to an assessment
of the issues surrounding privacy and surveillance informed by key
academics and industry specialists within this field of study.
Professor Nigel Gilbert
University of Surrey and the chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering's
working group on privacy and surveillance
Speaking on: title tbc
Professor Roger Brownsword & Professor Karen Yeung School of Law, King's
College London
Speaking on: 'Privacy, Fair Processing and Confidentiality in an
Information Society'
Mr. Simon Holloway
CEO at Holloway Consulting, Industry Analyst at Bloor Research
Speaking on: title tbc
RSVPs are required. Please include your name and the organisation that
you represent in your response. There is no charge for the event.
To RSVP:
e: [log in to unmask] / t: 0207 227 4706 / w: www. bioethics.ac.uk
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Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion
list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic
study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html
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