European Commission proposes data protection overhaul
The European Union's executive arm, the European Commission, has proposed an extensive revision of the bloc's data protection rules, saying that it will "future proof" the legislation.
The proposals would see data protection legislation from 1995 updated. The Commission said the modernisation was needed because "technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected".
iSAC6 releases project video
For a clear introduction to the iSAC6+ project, watch the presentation video (in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with English subtitles). iSAC6+ is a project to develop a tool for municipal authorities to provide information to their citizens. It involves six pilot projects in five countries. e-Forum is a partner in the project. For more information, click here.
Registration opens for eGovernance R&D event
e-Forum members are invited to participate in the following event, to be held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on 27 January 2012:
FP7 eGovernance and Policy Modeling projects: How to make cutting edge R&D accessible for real use, in a shorter period of time.
iSAC6 calls for test deployers
The ISAC6+ project, in which e-Forum is a partner, is offering potential deployers an opportunity to test in real life the concept and tools developed by the ISAC6+ team. ISAC is a tool for municipal authorities to provide information to their citizens. The pilot deployment will allow testing of the state of the art features, seamlessness and full compatibility with existing software and hardware environments that ISAC offers.
The European Commission has proposed to update a 2003 law on granting widespread publc access to information held by public authorities. According to the Commission, the large volumes of information collected by numerous public authorities and services are "a goldmine of unrealised economic potential", and a general principle of granting access to the data could stimulate new commercial initiatives.
CATCH to hold final conference
The CATCH project will hold its final conference on 13 December 2011, at the University of West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom. The theme of the conference will be Carbon Aware Cities: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Low Carbon Transport Systems.
Fondation EurActiv PoliTech has given the European award in the 2011 eDemocracy Awards to the Icelandic Citizens Foundation, a website (www.citizens.is) that promotes democracy online. Like most Icelandic citizens, Gunnar Grimsson and Robert Bjarnason, the Citizens Foundation founders, took part in the online drafting of a new Icelandic constitution. The Icelandic ‘Shadow Parliament’ and a ‘Better Reykjavik’ are two successful online platforms developed by the foundation to encourage dialogue and debate amongst Iceland’s citizens and their representatives.
Input into ICT procurement survey sought
Consultancy firm Europe Economics, on behalf of the European Commission, is gathering information from public bodies and their suppliers on the purchasing of ICT goods and services.
STORK to host 5th Industry Group meeting in Poland
The 5th STORK Industry Group Meeting will be held on 16 November 2011 at Poznań International Fair, Pavillion 15, Room 403 (Głogowska street 14), 60-734 Poznań, Poland.
eID panel calls for expertise
The Thematic Network for Universal ID (known as SSEDIC, Scoping the Single European Digital Identity Community) is an independent group of companies and organisations, established by the European Commission to give advice on long term policy concerning electronic identity.
