Workshop 2: Habeas Data: regulation on personal databases

Workshop 2: Habeas Data: regulation on personal databases

The technology has enabled more immediate and sophisticated means for the collection of personal data and its transmission between different entities located in the same or different countries. Countries aware of the need to preserve the right to privacy and protection of personal data have generated legislation to that end. International organizations have played a significant role in this effort. The OECD, for example, developed a guide for the protection of privacy and cross-border traffic of personal data, which added to the motivation of several of its member countries to implement local laws. In addition to personal privacy issues, risks were also identified as a result of the disparity in the treatment of the subject by domestic laws that could be eroding the flow of data between entities, including the cross-border form affecting operations such as banking and insurance. At present, a large number of countries have incorporated norms and an effort is made to harmonize them more, in order to protect the human right to privacy, and at the same time, in a balanced way, Avoid interruptions to the flow of personal data under certain guarantees. Lawyers are confronted more and more urgently with the requirement of their clients for comprehensive advice to meet the requirements imposed by this desired balance. The workshop will review the OECD principles that were proposed for policy development, the evolution of the topic and what is expected for the future. It will also provide a discussion of what the lawyer must master in this matter to provide adequate legal support to his client and will be shared on matters related to informed consent, legitimate purpose and conditions for collection, storage (databases) and transfer .

 

Place: Revolution Room