CPDP Conference Who is Who

Name: Silvia Venier

Affiliation: CSSC, Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship (ITALY)

Personal web-site:

www.cssc.eu

CPDP Conference 2011 presentation

The PRESCIENT project: ethical, legal and social aspects of privacy and emerging fields of science and technology

Privacy is a multifaceted concept, a moving target and a salient topic in technology policy-making. PRESCIENT aim is to provide an early identification of privacy and ethical issues arising from emerging technologies and an assessment of their relevance for EC policy. The project has 4 stages: ANALYSIS (providing a state of the art of privacy and data protection as conceptualised from 4 different perspectives: ethics, law, social sciences, economics), CASE STUDIES (identifying critical issues emerging from five different emerging technologies: RFID, surveillance technologies, biometrics, DNA and nanotechnology), CITIZENS (analyzing existing surveys to assess citizens concerns and knowledge of the way in which their data are collected, stored and used), NEW FRAMEWORK for privacy and ethical impact assessment (based on an integration of the previously collected evidence and on the development of privacy impact assessment guidelines). PRESCIENT has invited a panel of 10 experts to comment on the deliverables produced and discuss critical issues that will raise in each of the 4 stages. The project will conclude with a final conference to which experts, policy-makers and relevant stakeholders will be invited to debate on PRESCIENT key findings and recommendations.

On-line publications

Venier S (2010), Global mobility and security, Biometric Technology Today, May 2010, Elsevier.

Venier S, (2010), Biometric technologies for global mobility and security: a high level workshop addressed the ethical and policy context, Persons and Documents, 19: 27-32