Can I just add, for anyone who could not attend, that this was a superb event and it will be worth a look at the transcripts. Even if those of us who largely agreed with Prof. Dutton appeared to be in the minority ;)

Dear All,

Just a note to say that transcripts from all the presentations made at recent Oxford Privacy Information Law and Society (OxPILS) Conference on “The “Right to be Forgotten” and Beyond:  Data Protection and Freedom of Expression in the Age of Web 2.0” are now online at http://www.csls.ox.ac.uk/conferences/oxpilsconference2012/report.php. 

As well as myself, speakers included Professor Artemi Lombarti from Jaume I University and formerly Director of the Spanish Data Protection Authority, Professor Bill Dutton from the Oxford Internet Institute, David Smith from the UK ICO, Rosemary Jay from Hunton & Williams, Peter Hustinx the European Data Protection Supervisor, Anthony House from Google, Thomas Zerdick from the European Commission, Jörg Polakiewicz from the Council of Europe and Michael Donohue from the OCED.

A wide variety of topics were covered including:

·         the meaning and modalities of the Right to be Forgotten,

·         the varied nature of the exemptions from Data Protection available in EU Member States for journalism literature and the arts,

·         the meaning of “journalism” and “purely domestic or household activities” in the age of Web 2.0,

·         the challenges faced by DPAs in regulating the Press (an issue also discussed in the context of the Leveson Inquiry),

·         whether search engines are “data controllers” as regards their public search functions (an topical issue given the pending European Court of Justice case involving Google),

·         the future of shape of European Union and other transnational governance regimes in this area.

This Activity was generously carried out with funding from a Joint Programme between the European Union and the Council of Europe as well as the University of Oxford's Law Faculty Research Support Fund.   (The views expressed were solely and exclusively those of the individuals speaking).

Thanks very much for everyone on this Listserv who supported this Conference and looking forward to continuing the discussion on these important issues.

All best,

David Erdos

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