Information Security Specialist Group
To be held on Thursday 22nd March 2012 at the BCS London Offices.
Back by popular demand! This will be the fourth “Privacy Day” seminar organised by the ISSG. It seems that the topic has not gone away. However, it is evolving.
The keynote presentation will be given by Prof Jim Norton, immediate Past President of the BCS/CIfIT. There will be an update on the EnCoRe project that has been outlined at the previous Privacy Day and news about two other important projects, one about how the public will react to new technologies with ID management and the other relating to privacy in The Cloud. There will also be a case study from the corporate sector.
The provisional list of speakers is shown below. This is an exciting lineup and we recommend early booking. We return to the BCS London office once again for this event, for which there are 50 places available.
| Use and abuse of citizen data. |
| Prof Jim Norton, Past BCS President. |
| In the Information Age, fair access to Government data will be key to the development of new, economically valuable services. Most would agree that fair and transparent access to non-personal data, such as mapping information is vital. Open Access to personal data, even if in theory anonymised, is a far more challenging and might be regarded by many as a gross infringement of personal privacy. This presentation will discuss the benefits, threats and challenges around such “Open Data” policies. |
| EnCoRe Update. |
| Dr. Edgar Whitley, LSE. |
| An update including a technical demonstrator, for the biobanking case study where donors can use consent preferences to control how their samples will be used for research purposes. |
| A Privacy Awareness Campaign. |
| Janine McKelvey, Warner Brothers. |
| The IMPRINTS project. |
| Prof Liesbet Van-Zoonen, Loughborough University. |
| IMPRINTS (Identity Management: Public Responses to Identity Technologies and Services) aims to assess how and why UK and US public will engage with particular future practices, services and technologies of identity management, while resisting others. Iris and full body scans, and face or voice recognition have already become well-known practice, but innovations like implantable chips, odour scans, online object-passwords and mobile identity sharing are on the horizon. It is unclear whether and why members of the public will embrace these innovations or reject them. |
| The Cloud Legal Project. |
| Kuan Hon, Queen Mary College. |
| The QMUL Cloud Legal Project, at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary, University of London, was initiated in October 2009 with generous financial support from Microsoft Corporation as a three year project to undertake academic research in relation to legal issues in cloud computing, and to disseminate the key findings of that research. Kuan Hon will discuss the "cloud of unknowing": how EU data protection laws affect the responsibilities and liabilities of cloud computing users and providers, and what changes might make them more conducive to cloud computing. |
The above is the list of speakers for the event but may be subject to change. Prospective delegates should check this web page for any changes. These will also be notified to delegates via the joining instructions or on the day.
Please register and pay for ISSG events using the BCS secure credit card payment system. This is the quickest way to secure your place at the seminar. Your place will be confirmed as soon as your payment is authorised.
To use this facility, please visit the Event Registration Page. This link will take you directly to the booking form for this specific event. Then click on either Member or Non-Member. If you are a BCS Member, you will then need to log in to Members' Secure Area to allow the system to retrieve your details.
| Seminar Costs | Ex-VAT | VAT | Full Fee |
| BCS Member | £120.00 | £24.00 | £144.00 |
| Non-BCS Member | £150.00 | £30.00 | £180.00 |
| Student * | £40.00 | £8.00 | £48.00 |
* A student must be full time and following an approved course.
Note – If your organisation is unable to provide a credit card payment for you, please first contact BCS Administrative Services on 01793 417539. Payment by cheque can only be accepted in exceptional circumstances. Any cheque payment must be received at least 7 days before the date of the event. Otherwise the booking may be declined.
For this event, no registrations can be accepted after 12.00 noon on Monday, 19th March 2012. The BCS payments system will automatically close earlier if the seminar is full.
Many of our events are over-subscribed. In these cases, we give priority to members of the Group.
Membership of the ISSG is open to all BCS members regardless of membership grade. To register for ISSG membership, BCS members should log into the BCS members area on the BCS Web Site and add the ISSG to their specialist group membership details.
Those who are not BCS members may attend seminars for one year at a higher fee but will be requested to join the BCS after a year.
Payment must be made in advance in order to confirm your place at the event.
Please note that the BCS is unable to offer individual invoices prior to the event. A VAT receipt will be sent to the person paying, after payment has been cleared. For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
Cancellation Policy. In the event of cancellation and provided Written Notice (letter or email to BCS Specialist Groups Adminstration) is received by Friday, 16th March, 2012, a full refund will be made. In the event of cancellation after this date, we regret that no refund can be given. BCS reserve the right to cancel any event. In this case, the full fee will be refunded. Details of event changes or cancellations are available by phoning 01793 417539. Name substitutions are accepted up to 48 hours prior to the event by phone or email to BCS Administrative Services.
Electronic Privacy: As a body for IT professionals BCS Group regularly communicates with its interested parties by email. BCS Group will not pass on your email address to other organisations.
Data Protection Act 1998: BCS Group will hold your personal data on its computer database and process it in accordance with the Act. This information may be accessed, viewed and used by the Society for administrative purposes and conducting market research. All of these purposes have been notified to the Commissioner. If you are based outside the European Economic Area (the ‘EEA’), information about you may be transferred outside the EEA in accordance with the requirements of the Act. Delegates should note that their essential personal data will be shared between authorised staff in the BCS and the ISSG and may also be shared with authorised staff at the seminar venue for the purposes of security.