دانلود رایگان مقاله فعالیت پیش بینی فناوری اطلاعات مقامات حفاظت اطلاعات

abstract

Data Protection Authorities play multiple roles, including education, consultancy, provision of policy advice, international coordination, as well as enforcement of regulation. In exercising these roles DPA's engage in a range of activities centred around understanding new technology developments, and anticipating their potential effects and impacts upon data protection and privacy. As responsible parties in relation to enforcement of national and EU data protection law DPAs are in a clear position to assess or provide guidance upon the requirements of the existing legal framework in relation to new technologies. This paper maps the technology foresight activities of European DPAs, the importance of this activity to their work, the particular challenges they face, and the extent to which such activities are performed in isolation or collaboration. It also assesses the potential for a collaborative EU DPA technology foresight task force.

5. Conclusions

Technology foresight activities are important for EU DPAs and the importance of this type of activity is only likely to increase given the potential volume and complexity of impacts upon privacy and data protection from emerging technologies, and the tasks under the GDPR. Whilst many DPAs are engaged in technology foresight activities, either through specific foresight programmes, maintaining links to sites of expertise, developing internal expertise, and through the informal accumulation of technology knowledge through reactive and responsive investigations, not all DPAs are able to conduct this activity. Collaborative technology foresight amongst DPAs is a relatively under-developed area which would benefit strongly from further joint working, in addition to increasingly professionalising technology foresight in privacy and data protection and developing sector-specific techniques and approaches. Technology foresight and technology foresight information sharing is an area that would strongly benefit from intra-DPA cooperation which would not be legally or technically difficult, but would require some resource commitments. The creation of a formal technology foresight task force (or its evolution from the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party technology sub-group) offers several significant benefits for responding to future technology developments with potential impacts upon privacy and data protection. Additionally, the technology foresight context is a strong setting for bringing together interested parties (DPAs, industry and civil society interest groups) to discuss potential issues early so as to avoid problems in the future. The links that can be built, and the common goals that can be established in participatory foresight can be useful also in other areas of DPA activity, including education, guidance and the provision of policy advice.