It is ‘crazy time’, ‘panic food stocking/hoarding’, ‘deserted café/streets’, ‘unprecedented time’, ‘tumultuous time’ and government calling for lockdown or shutdown and/or social distancing.

The WHO declared last Wednesday 11th March 2020 that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

Even the ICO and EDPB have announced news. So now we have 3 categories of DPAs approach to the pandemic. @EUstaran (11:47 AM · Mar 17, 2020) tweeted the DPAs’ positions as follows: Restrictive: BE, FR, LU, NL Neutral: DE, NO, SK, SI, SE Permissive: DK, IE, IT, PL, RU, ES, UK

Whatever we call it – epidemic or pandemic – the one thing that matters to me is that I can stay healthy and have access to my basic needs (air, food, water, electricity & WiFi) and my family and friends.

Scary time for people who feel that they are vulnerable or categorised as vulnerable due to their health or medical conditions. No doubt, everyone wants everyone to be safe.

My student tenant already packed up and left for home (China) and now my niece is packing up to leave for home (Malaysia) too. Her university has shutdown.

This is my 1st experience of what a virus can do to a person, to a country and also at local community. Good to hear/read that neighbourly folks at nextdoor.co.uk are reaching out and offering help for the less fortunate or those affected by the epidemic.

Let us not forget that there are many people who can’t self-isolate or social avoidance or not go to work as they are in the ‘front-line’ and/or are providing essential or basic services that I and so many others rely on in times of crisis or emergencies.

Although the current situation feels like a dawn of a new era, whatever that may be, humanity will find a way to survive. Hope for a new dawn!

With hope…

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The newsflash at SME-News.co.uk

Details of the event:
BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT
Joint Event BCS LAW SG and IRMA

Monday 30 September 2013
18:00 for event start
18:30 event end 20:30

FILMING: This event may be filmed and recording could be used for future publicity.

Legal issues concerning Data Privacy and Technology generated by the Draft (2012) EU DP Regulation presented by Cher Devey

New legal issues concerning data privacy and technology have arisen from the recently drafted (January 2012) EU General Data Protection Regulation (Draft EU DP Regulation) that should be of immediate interest to lawyers, compliance officers, as well as IT professionals. This revised regulation will eventually replace the current Data Protection Act of 1998.

Early this year a draft report on the Draft EU DP Regulation was released by the MEP Jan Phillipp Albrecht. This Albrecht report (the Report) proposes 350 amendments and has been widely reviewed and commented on, not only in the EU but also with mixed reactions from the US industry and government.

Besides the controversial concepts underpinning the proposals (e.g. the Right to be forgotten), technological measures for protecting personal data and the compliance incentives (in terms of penalties) have also stirred heated debates. The Report also stresses the accountability approach and measures including data protection assessment. In particular it introduces the concept of the ‘producer’. Broadly, the ‘producer’ is the entity that creates automated data processing or filing systems to be used by data controllers or data processors. Potentially the ‘producer’ needs to comply with ‘privacy by design’ and ‘privacy by default’ principles. While the exact scope is still in the making, the introduction of such concept has implications for software and hardware designers and developers.

There are many messy questions not only stemming from the data privacy law but also from the confluence of this and technology. Potential topics for discussion;

What do we understand by ‘privacy by design’ and ‘privacy by default’ principles?

Is data protection assessment a data privacy risk assessment or more?

How do organisations assess or identify data privacy and potential exposure to data related events (theft, misuse, abuse)?

The aims of these topics are to invite participants to share their stories, and also explore what are the challenges ahead.

The format of the evening will be a facilitated forum driven by attendees’ questions and discussions.

Materials;
The Draft EU General Data Protection Regulation

The Albrecht Report;

Facilitator Profile
Cher Devey

Cher Devey (BSc, MBA, DipIntArb) has particular expertise in technology and computers matters affecting businesses and individuals. She has the benefit of having worked as senior IT Consultant (as Project Manager/Business Architecture/Business Analyst) for several major global investment banks and software service providers. Besides her professional IT qualifications, being a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP, British Computer Society), she has also studied specialist modules in computer and communications law (LLM with Queen Mary College, London).She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and an accredited CIArb Mediator.

As from October 2013, Cher will be a PhD student (with Studentship) with the Centre for Cyber Security Sciences, City University London.
She occasionally blogs at http://jollyvip.com/edisclosure/
Her research site at http://www.insuredatarisk.com/

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS do not issue invitation letters.

Cancellation Policy
In the event of cancellation the delegates will be told well in advance. BCS reserve the right to cancel any event. BCS is not responsible for hotel or travel costs. No refunds will be given after 18 March 2013.

Bookings close 29 September 2013 at 23:59.

Email: mandy.bauer@hq.bcs.org.uk

Electronic Privacy
As a body for IT professionals BCS Group regularly communicates with its interested parties by email. I understand that BCS Group will not pass on my email address to other organisations.

Data Protection Act 1998
BCS Group will hold your personal data on its computer database and process it in accordance with the Act. This information may be accessed, viewed and used by the Society for administrative purposes and conducting market research. All of these purposes have been notified to the Commissioner. If you are based outside the European Economic Area (the ‘EEA’), information about you may be transferred outside the EEA in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

Further information about this and other BCS activities is available via the website,
else via email to Law SG Branch Chair, Jennifer Dean at: dean.jenniferlila@gmail.com

Well, I’ve just joined the social academia space at academia.edu.
Welcome to join in and follow up and follow side way too.

Follow me on Academia.edu

Looks like there is now a forum setup to spearhead the open source (code engine) for ediscovery. The FreeEed.org invites folks to join in the movement. I guess even law firms (not sure about lawyers themselves) are welcome, as noted that DLA Piper is supporting open source software.

See you there!

When I am asleep, I guess I have nothing to do with technology unless I am in a technological related dream. This will probably be the end of my spirited being.

Here is an interesting question (or a dream question?) raised by someone at the Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (sociotech) Group. I see nothing wrong in raising the question in my blog here. Any objections and concerns, please post here or contact cher at iedisc.com

Gosh! has technology got me to be so so cautious?!

The question coming from the sociotech group:

What do we really mean by technology?

This question sound similar to several questions raised by law/policy makers during an ediscovery conference I attended in 2009 in Barcelona.

Substitute the word ‘technology’ with ‘processing’ or ‘privacy’ or ‘consent’ (as in data protection), we end up with more dreamy questions with little common understanding or agreement, especially when discussing on ‘what are the real issues with cross border ediscovery?’.

The questions were based on this statement (or an opinion?):

There is no legal basis (or justification) for ‘processing’ which includes transferring, viewing, accessing etc, of data in ediscovery across the Atlantic (i.e. the Europe & US divide). What? No viewing, i.e. I can’t even open-view the file/data !

I guess the answers were not in the questions being raised, as the only answer that the policy makers were seeking to get assurance is: ‘how safe is my (personal) data’?

So, ‘What do we really mean by technology?’

My dreamy reply: ‘technology’ is a beast and also a non beast, a thing and also a thingy.

What is your view(s)?

Interoperability agreements with competitors in European Clearing, a new chapter in the security industry and a host of interesting developments in the making.

Information Risk Management & Assurance

Specialist Group

Have you heard of Electronic Discovery/Disclosure?

Tuesday 8th November 2011

18:00 Registration & buffet

18:30 Presentation

19:30 Networking Session

Venue: The British Computer Society

First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA

Speaker:  Cher Devey

Event Details

Have you heard of Electronic Discovery/Disclosure? If not, come and be enlightened, and if already an expert, do please come and share your stories and enlighten us all.

The format of the evening will be driven by dialogue with attendees with a short opening talk on what is Electronic Discovery/Disclosure and why IT folks need to know this.