Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor
Ethics as the Root of Privacy and the Future of Data Protection
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
MIT Stata Center
Dreyfoos Wing, Conference Room (Bldg. 32, Seminar Room G449)
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
On Tuesday, 19 April 2016, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI), and the MIT Media Lab are proud to host the European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli for an intimate discussion about the changing landscape of data collection and usage, and the global impact it has on the individual. Buttarelli will focus on his office’s flagship project of exploring the ethical dimension to data protection and privacy, and its implications for business, governments and regulators.
Giovanni Buttarelli has been European Data Protection Supervisor since December 2014. Before joining the EDPS, he worked as Secretary General to the Italian Data Protection Authority, a position he occupied between 1997 and 2009. A member of the Italian judiciary with the rank of Cassation judge, he has attended to many initiatives and committees on data protection and related issues at the international level.
This event is free and open to the public. Food will be served.