Privacynetwork

On the occasion of this International Conference, TILTs PrivacyNetwork organizes an Evening Event entitled "Reasonable Expectations of Privacy After 9/11", in Brussels (Belgium), location: deBuren, on Friday 12 October 2007, from 7.00-9.11 p.m. More information:

On 12-13 October 2007, the Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit (CRID, University of Namur), the research group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT, University of Tilburg) and the Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren organize an International Conference "Reinventing Data Protection" in Brussels (Belgium), location: deBuren. More information and subscription:

The presentations of the International Conference Reinventing Data Protection (12-13 October, 2007) are now available. The webpage is not complete yet (some presentations are already in our possesion but must still be uploaded, some did not reach us yet). The presentations can be found at:

We proudly present our new book: "Reasonable Expectations of Privacy? Eleven Country Reports on Camera Surveillance and Workplace Privacy", that has recently been published by the T.M.C. Asser Press (The Hague) and distributed by the Cambridge University Press. Distribution starts at the end of July. To order a copy, please visit the Cambridge University Press website. The book (364 pp) is edited by dr. Sjaak Nouwt, Berend de Vries and prof. Corien Prins. with contributions by: Paolo Balboni, Robin M. Bayley, prof. Colin J. Bennett, Dorus van der Burgt, Lilian Edwards, Sonja Eustergerling. prof. Giussella Finocchiaro, Robert Gellman, dr. Frank Hendrikx, prof. Paul de Hert, prof. Thomas Hoeren, Roel Loermans, Mieke Loncke, David J. Phillips, dr. Mate Szabo, dr. Ivan Szekely, and Berend R. de Vries Abstract In 1967, Justice John Marshall Harlan introduced the litmus test a reasonable expectation of privacy in his concurring opinion in the US Supreme Court case of Katz v. United States. Privacy, regulations to protect privacy, and data protection have been legal and social issues in many Western countries for a number of decades. However, recent measures to combat terrorism, to fight against crime, and to increase security, together with the growing social acceptance of privacy-invasive technologies can be considered a serious threat to the fundamental right to privacy. What is the purport of reasonable expectations of privacy? Reasonable expectations of privacy and the reality of data protection is the title of a research project being carried out by TILT, the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. The project is aimed at developing an international research network of privacy experts (professionals, academics, policymakers) and to carry out research on the practice, meaning, and legal performance of privacy and data protection in an international perspective. Part of the research project was to analyse the concept of privacy and the reality of data protection in case law, with video surveillance and workplace privacy as two focal points. The eleven country reports regarding case law on video surveillance and workplace privacy, are the core of the present book. The conclusions drawn by the editors are intended to trigger and stimulate an international debate on the use and possible drawbacks of the reasonable expectations of privacy concept.

Reasonable Expectations of Privacy?