Short BIO

Dr. Iván Székely, social informatist, is an internationally known expert in the multidisciplinary fields of data protection and freedom of information. A long-time independent researcher, consultant and university lecturer, as well as former chief counsellor of the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Székely is at present Counsellor of the Open Society Archives at Central European University, associate professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and advisory board member of the Eötvös Károly Policy Institute. His studies and publications, as well as his research interests are focused on information autonomy, openness and secrecy, privacy, identity and archivistics.

 

CPDP Conferences

Member of the scientific committee.

 

CPDP Conference 2012

Hosting of the CPDP2012 panel 'Data Protection Authorities: The Question of Indepence' 

 

CPDP Conference 2011

Moderator of Panel 12
 

On-line publications

1. Szekely, Ivan. Positive Discrimination and Data Protection: A Typology of Solutions and the Use of Modern Information Technologies. In: Mate D. Szabo (ed.), Privacy protection and Minority Rights. Eötvös Károly Policy Institute, Budapest, 2009, pp. 27–61.http://ekint.org/ekint_files/File/kiadvanyok/privacy_minority.pdf

2. Szabo, Mate D. and Szekely, Ivan. Privacy and data protection at the workplace in Hungary. In: Nouwt, S. and de Vries, B. R. (eds): Reasonable Expectations of Privacy? Eleven Country Reports on Camera Surveillance and Workplace Privacy. IT & Law Series, T. M. C. Asser Press, The Hague, 2005, pp. 249–284. http://szabomat.hu/tanulmany/privwphung.pdf

3. Szekely, Ivan. What Do IT Professionals Think About Surveillance? In: Christian Fuchs et al. (eds.), Internet and Surveillance. Routledge, forthcoming. http://pet-portal.eu/articles/view/27/2010-10-10-Ivan-Szekely-What-Do-IT-Professionals-Think-About-Surveillance.php