European Privacy Platform, 28 November 2018, 13:00-14:00, Square Congress Centre

Source: S.H. (Sophie) in 't Veld i, published on Friday, October 26 2018.

On Wednesday 28 November 2018, from 13:00-14:30, Sophie in 't Veld will host the next European Parliament Privacy Platform, as part of the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress. 

​It is going to take place at the Square Congress Centre, Rue Mont des Arts, Brussels and a lunch will be provided before the event.

The theme of the panel discussion is "Pay to pry": will a price tag be a disincentive for excessive data use? We are all little cash cows. Our personal data are worth a lot of money for companies harvesting and selling our data, for example to advertising companies. We are told that the services provided by social networks and search engines are free, but they are not: we pay by giving our personal data. Is monetising personal data the solution for excessive data use? Will taxation on the basis of data use influence the behaviour of companies, just as taxation is used for example to reduce consumption or pollution? "Pay to pry", in analogy to "the pollutor pays"? Will users make different choices if they get a certain monetary value for giving their data? This Privacy Platform explores the possibility of monetising data as solution for the current data use practices by companies.

PROGRAMME:

13h00    Welcome by Sophie in ’t Veld MEP

13h10   Introductory speeches by the panellists

13h40   Q&A interaction

Panellists:

Isabella de Michelis

CEO & Founder of ErnieApp

Frederik Borgesius

Researcher at the LSTS Research Group on Law Science Technology & Society, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Tech company representative

(tbc)

Should you wish to attend the Privacy Platform, please register before 12 November with Stella den Hartog via sophie.intveld-office@ep.europa.eu by giving your full name and mentioning your organisation.

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