An all-star cast of international privacy professionals gathered in Madrid on November 2, 2009 to consider how the concept of Privacy by Design can be employed in their own jurisdictions. The Workshop provided a unique platform to explore ways in which to make privacy - the cornerstone of our rights and freedoms - the global default mode of operation.
We believe the expansion and adoption of the Privacy by Design concept will serve to strongly advance the cause of privacy protection for Ontarians, and the rest of the world. The Workshop represented an important step on the journey to Privacy by Design for all, and was widely regarded as a success by those in attendance:
“Let me express my deep appreciation for the successful workshop you organised in Madrid. It has always been my intention to advance the goals of “Privacy by Design.” In the future we in Europe will do our best to strengthen the right to privacy and to address the challenges of a fast changing world by including innovative ideas and concepts.”
Peter Schaar
German Federal Data Protection Commissioner
“It was a pleasure and an honour to be a speaker at your well-organized, well thought-out and well-patronized Forum. I learned a lot from my fellow speakers and had my knowledge updated on privacy issues and Privacy by Design.”
Stephen Lau
Adviser to HP-EDS Hong Kong
Former Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data for Hong Kong
"Privacy by Design workshop was more than a call to action for industry and academicians alike, it provided high caliber, state of the art, exciting ideas and evidence that Privacy by Design is the only privacy path to take.
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Dr. Marilyn Prosch
Professor, Arizona State University
"The rapid fire presentations by experts demonstrating the practical application of privacy thinking to dozens of case studies made PbD Madrid one of the most substantive privacy events I have ever attended.
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Jules Polonetsky
Co-chair & Director, The Future of Privacy Forum
“I want to thank you for putting on such a tremendous program in Madrid. I greatly enjoyed the day.”
David A. Hoffman
Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer
Intel Corporation
"The Workshop explored the application of Privacy by Design principles to a broad range of activities and in countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The Workshop attracted prominent speakers representing diverse interests: data protection authorities, policy makers, academics, public interest groups, technology companies and solutions providers. The result … a unique perspective on the importance of conducting a front-end analysis of the impact of services (remote health management), technologies (biometrics), software applications (Google PowerMeter) and cultural phenomena (social networking) on privacy."
Bonnie Freedman
Lawyer
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
"For those interested in the “big picture” of privacy and technology, I’ll be at the PbD conference in Madrid this year, 2nd November, talking about privacy enabling technologies such as data protection, identity protection etc.
You can get details about the conference from the PbD website, which is being run just ahead of this years 31st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy.
Privacy by Design is a concept promoted by Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D, Information & Privacy Commissioner Ontario, Canada which aims to promote the idea of systems and processes built with privacy in mind, rather than retrofitted afterwards. I encourage all readers to browse her site which is quite informative, and gives you perhaps a “bigger picture” view than IT alone."
Simon Hunt
Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer, McAfee Data Protection
