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Name: Robby
Family Name: Berloznik
Affiliation: VIWTA Samenleving en Technologie. Vlaams Parlement
Personal web-site: www.viwta.be
Short BIO
Robby Berloznik studied political science and philosophy at the Free University of Brussels (1979). After a research career in technology assessment he entered the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in Mol in 1991 were he became the advisor for technology assessment to the managing director. This until 1997 when he became research manager in the fields of technology assessment, technology foresight and sutainable development. In December 2001 he was appointed by the Flemish Parliament as the first director of the Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment (viWTA). This institute supports the Flemish Parliament in its science and technology decision making. ViWTA performs several tasks concerning the social impacts of science and technology developments, such as: short evaluations for Parliament, in-dept evaluations, organization of societal/public debate, annual analysis of regional needs in R&D, recommendations to the Parliament and international networking. In the mission of viWTA high importance is given the integration of public participation in parliamentary decision-making.
Title of the presentation
ICT and Privacy in Europe - Experiences from technology assessment of ICT and Privacy in seven different European countries
Abstract
This study builds on experiences from technology assessment of ICT and Privacy in seven different European countries.
Privacy is an important democratic right. In this report we identify five areas that affect privacy: Security, access to information and services, societal interaction, convenience and economic benefit. In addition, we discuss two other fields of public interest where the use of ICTs may be conflicting with privacy, namely e-government and e-health. All these areas are subject to rapid change, and in addition to looking at the challenges today, we also try to describe some future trends that may affect privacy.
Dealing with privacy in terms of trade-offs helps to illustrate that a balance has to be found between conflicting societal values and rights. Our analysis points to some important challenges and corresponding policy options:
• Review of surveillance systems by independent body
• Citizens’ access to their own records and logs
• Empowering data protection agencies
• Mandatory privacy impact assessments
This report shows that the value of privacy is underestimated by citizens, policy makers and enterprises. It concludes that there is need for more research on mid- and long-term effects of weakened privacy, and more public dialogue is needed on these issues.
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