Whose data is it?

will be the subject of the joint-session organized by the Computer and

Telecommunications Law Commission, the European Union law Commission, the Intellectual
Property Commission and the Privacy and Rights of the Digital Person Commission
We are living in the digital age, in which data about us and our lives has become, according to
your favorite metaphor, the new currency, the new oil or even the new soil. Such data is being
recorded, stored and exploited by third parties and governments.
Do you own your data? To what degree should you be entitled to keep it private, to control its
use, or even to make it disappear.
The full day program will take place on November 1
st
from 9-12.30h and 14-17.30h in the
Auditorium and will be divided in four different parts, as follows:
PART I Current Laws Moderated by Marc Gallardo


9:00 10.30
Current EU Regime Marc Gallardo
Privacy in the USA Rosemary Ring
Data Protection Laws in India
and Asia (I)
Vipul Maheshwari
Data Protection in Hong Kong
and Asia (II)
Angus Forsyth
The Berlin Court of Appeal
ruling in the Facebooks
Friend Finder case
Thomas Kritter
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK
PART II The position of Lawyers Moderated by Bruce Landay


10:45 12:30
Client confidentiality and data
privacy / cyber security
Brad Richards
Special rules for lawyers
handling personal data
Virginie Bensoussan
The use of data as evidence
in litigation
Francisco Ramos Romeu and
Gavin Llewellyn
Security measures to protect
personal data
Phil Beckett
Q&A
12:30 LUNCH

PART III Use of Data and Areas of
Controversy
Moderated by Ian de Freitas

14:00 15:45
The Internet of Things Alain Bensoussan
Big data and Profiling Victor Rosell and Alain
Grosjean
The right to be forgotten /
ownership and control of
published information
Rany Sader
Contactless Payments Elisabeth Thole
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK
PART IV The Future Moderated by Enrica Senini


16:00 17:30
EU Reforms:
General overview
International Data Transfers

Carlo Piltz
Jean Franois Henrotte
USA Reforms Rosemary Ring
Privacy by Design and by
Default
Sebastien Fanti
Does Anybody Care Mark Reutter
Q&A
END