Short BIO

Laurent BESLAY works as a scientific project manager for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission the IPSC (Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen) in the Digital Citizen Security Unit since September 2011. From 2004 until September 2011, he worked as Coordinator on Security and Technology for the European Data Protection Supervisor based in Brussels, where his responsibilities included Security and technology coordination of prior-checks opinions, policy opinions, complains, security inspections and audits of EU large scale IT systems. He previously worked, for six years, for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the IPTS (Institute for Prospective Technological Studies) as a project officer in the field of cyber-security. He holds a Post-master's degree in Global Management of Technological Risks and Crisis (University of Paris, la Sorbonne) and a Master's degree in International Relations.

 

CPDP Conference 2012

Hosting the CPDP2012 panel Participatory Surveillance: Friend or Foe of the Citizen?

 

CPDP Conference 20xx presentation

Best Available Techniques, RTD projects, and Digital territory concept, three ingredients promoting the application of privacy by design

An efficient implementation of the concept of privacy by design requests actions at all stages of the life cycle of a technology. The presentation will describe three important steps which have a determinant impact on its application: selection process of Best Available Techniques, accompanying measures and guidelines for RTD projects and development of new concepts.

 

On-line publications

Technology-Induced Challenges in Privacy & Data Protection in Europe, A Report by the ENISA Ad Hoc Working Group on Privacy & Technology July 2008, to be published.

Digital Territory: bubbles, L.Beslay, H.Hakala, in European Visions for the Knowledge Age: A Quest for New Horizons in the Information Society, By Paul T. Kidd, Published by Cheshire Henbury, 2007

Bogdanowicz, M., and Beslay, L., Cyber-Security and the Future of Identity. In The IPTS Report No. 57, JRC Seville, September 2001