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Internet of the future Privacy considerations
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The view expressed in these slides presents the
results of researches conducted by the author and
his colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect
those of the European Data Protection Supervisor.
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• Roles of EDPS
• Supervision
• Prior checks
• Inspections and audits
• Consultation
• Opinions
• Evaluation of FP7 research projects
• Cooperation
• Opinions of Article 29 Working Party
• Coordinated supervision

• Article 286 EC Treaty Regulation (EC) 45/2001

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• EU Data Protection
• Respect for private life (Article 7 EU Charter)
• Provided by law
• Legitimate purpose
• Necessity proportionality
• Adequate safeguards
• Protection of personal data(Article 8 EU Charter)
• Lawful processing
• Purpose limitation
• Data quality
• Transparency
• Rights of data subject

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Trends of the Internet of the future

• Unlimited bandwidth
• " Stimulating investment in high-speed broadband
  access
• Unlimited storage capacity
• "By 2011, as the diagram shows, the digital
  information on networks and the internet is
  expected to be 10 times greater than in 2006"
• Ubiquitous network access point
• "Nomadic use of ICT will challenge the meaning of
  at work"

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Privacy challenges
'Internet of My Things'
the field of application of 'Internet of Things
related technologies' moves from the professional
domain to the domain of end users and citizens,
opening the perspective of an 'Internet of My
Things' which would mirror the emergence of
private 'intranets'"
Cloud computing
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Conditions for success
Privacy by designTransparency and opting in
the silence of chip Best Available Techniques
(Techniques shall include both the technology
used and the way in which the system is designed,
built, maintained and operated) Governance issue
security breach
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EDPS EU RTD the law

• The EDPS (Regulation 45/2001)
• (Article 41) has a general mission of promoting
  a data protection culture and respect for data
  protection principles in all Community policies
• (Article 46.e) shall monitor relevant
  developments, insofar as they have an impact on
  the protection of personal data, in particular
  the development of information and communication
  technologies.

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EDPS EU RTD the activities

• EU Research and Technological Development,
  April 08 (available at www.edps.europa.eu)
• Implementation of EU data protection framework
• Privacy by design should be inherent part of
  RTD
• Cooperation with EC, Preparatory stages
• Identify new challenges, support evaluation
  process
• Individual RTD projects
• EDPS opinion on request, other actions at own
  initiative
• Independence, selection of relevant projects
• Cooperation with national data protection
  authorities

First report 2008 annual report
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