[GSDI Legal Econ] Conference on data protection and law enforcement

[Roger Longhorn]

Given the link between personal data protection (i.e. privacy related) 
and use of spatial information in law enforcement, I thought this 
conference might interest some of the list.


      _7. Report from the Conference on data protection and law
      enforcement (26-27 May, Trier)_

The Conference organised by the European Law Academy (ERA) together with 
the EDPS and held within the premises of this academy in Trier on 26 and 
27 May was a success.

This conference on data exchange and data protection in the area of 
police and justice attracted around 100 participants from a large number 
of Member States of the European Union. Specialists on data protection 
and on law enforcement discussed the legal framework for data exchange 
and data protection, now and in the near future. Many interventions 
underlined the importance of bringing together the perspectives of data 
protection and law enforcement, both necessary elements of good governance.

 > Final programme of the conference (pdf 
<http://www.era.int/web/en/resources/5_1796_5771_file_en.11356.pdf>) 
[http://www.era.int/web/en/resources/5_1796_5771_file_en.11356.pdf]
 > ERA press release 
<http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_1649_459/4_2153_462/events_2008/5_1625_7703.htm> 
on the results of the conference 
[http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_1649_459/4_2153_462/events_2008/5_1625_7703.htm]
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Kind regards

Roger Longhorn
co-Chair, GSDI Legal & Socioeconomic Working Group