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Data Protection Day 2018

To mark Data Protection Day 2018, the Information Compliance Office has teamed up with Science Gallery Dublin & IT Services to create a programme of events to explore the value of data, and how we can strike a balance between encouraging data-driven innovation and protecting our privacy.

THURSDAY:

Drop-In Data Protection Clinic

Trinity College Dublin staff and students are invited to join us at Science Gallery Dublin for a cup of coffee and a drop-in clinic which will offer advice on how to protect their data online.

The clinic will offer advice on a wide range of data protection and IT security issues ranging from protecting your personal data in your day to day lives to advice for researchers who collect and analyse personal and sensitive data in their professional work. With data becoming one of our most valuable resources and privacy becoming increasing vulnerable to new technologies, it is more important than ever to protect your data from breaches and hackers. We'll have IT and legal professionals on hand to give you the best advice on keeping your data safe or what to if your data has been compromised.

Organised by Trinity College Dublin’s Information Compliance Office, Information Technology Services and Science Gallery Dublin to mark Data Protection Day 2018

Where: Science Gallery Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

When: 11:00am - 1:00pm, Thursday 25th January 2018

Free, please register: https://dpdclinic.eventbrite.ie

THURSDAY:

Panel Discussion on The Value of Personal Data

To mark Data Protection Day 2018, Trinity College Dublin will explore the biggest issues surrounding personal data in a free panel discussion hosted by Liam Geraghty.

The event will explore the value of data, and how we can strike a balance between encouraging data-driven innovation and protecting our privacy. We will be joined by Maria Farrell, writer and consultant on technology policy; Kate Colleary, lawyer and co-founder of data protection organisation Frontier Privacy; Cronan McNamara, founder of data science technology company, Creme Global and Dr Mary Aiken, Adjunct Associate Professor at University College Dublin, Geary Institute for Public Policy, and Academic Advisor (Psychology) to the European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) at Europol.

Organised by Trinity College Dublin’s Information Compliance Office, Information Technology Services and Science Gallery Dublin to mark Data Protection Day 2018.

Supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub.

Where: Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

When: 6.00pm - 7.30pm, Thursday 25th January 2018

Free, please register: https://dpdtalk.eventbrite.ie

ALL WEEK:

The Situation Room at IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, Science Gallery Dublin

In collaboration with Science Gallery Dublin, The Situation Room - part of their latest exhibition, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY - will explore privacy and data protection.

The Situation Room is an immersive experience where visitors are faced with complex questions and difficult choices. Visitors take on the role of the Catastrophe Citizens’ Assembly, where they are asked for their input on a range of catastrophic emergency scenarios. Through game play, voting, and discussion, the Catastrophe Citizens’ Assembly must debate scientific, logistical, and ethical issues surrounding some the biggest risks and threats to human species survival and the continued existence of life on Earth.

Where: Science Gallery Dublin, Pearse Street, Dublin 2

When: Tuesday - Friday, 12:00pm - 8:00pm; Saturday & Sunday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Free, more information at: https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/

Data Protection Day 2017

To mark Data Protection Day 2017, the Information Compliance Office has teamed up with Science Gallery Dublin & IT Services to create a programme of events to explore this year’s theme Personal Data: Weapon or Defence?

Drop-In Data Protection Clinic

Trinity College Dublin staff and students are invited to join us at Science Gallery Dublin for a cup of coffee and a drop-in clinic which will offer advice on how to protect their data online.

The clinic will offer advice on a wide range of data protection and IT security issues ranging from protecting your personal data in your day to day lives to advice for researchers who collect and analyse personal and sensitive data in their professional work. With data becoming one of our most valuable resources and privacy becoming increasing vulnerable to new technologies, it is more important than ever to protect your data from breaches and hackers. We'll have IT and legal professionals on hand to give you the best advice on keeping your data safe or what to if your data has been compromised.

With very special thanks to Mason, Hayes & Curran Solicitors for their participation in this event.

Where: Science Gallery Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

When: Thursday 10am-12noon, Thursday 26th January 2017

Free, please register: https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2017/01/dropindataprotectionclinic

Personal Data: Weapon or Defence?

With cybersecurity and cyberwarfare at the top of the political agenda, how can you protect yourself?

Data breaches have been at the centre of many recent scandals, impacting everything from the US Presidential Elections to the 2016 Summer Olympics. While personal data has massive potential to assist in scientific and medical discovery, it can also be used for fraud, espionage and sabotage. With data becoming one of our most valuable resources, how can we make sure it’s used with our best interests in mind?

To mark Data Protection Day 2017, Trinity College Dublin will explore the biggest issues surrounding personal data in a free event, featuring technology journalist Karlin Lillington, law professor Eoin O’Dell, and biomedical researcher Orla Hardiman.

Join us for a discussion on the scientific and political value of data, as well as the new technologies that are improving your life, while collecting your data.

Where: JM SYNGE Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

When: 6.30pm -7.30pm, Thursday 26th January 2017

Free, please register https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2017/01/personaldataweaponordefence

Data Protection Day - 28th January 2016

#EoinODellete

Professor Eoin O’Dell has been digitally deleted.

Can you help us find him?

Trinity College Dublin is calling all students, staff and alumni to search all corners of the web to find Prof O’Dell’s missing personal data and email the links to EoinODellete@tcd.ie Whoever can find the most data before 7pm on Thursday 28th January 2016 will win an Apple TV kindly sponsored by Trinity IT Services.

Entries will only be accepted from entrants with a @tcd email address. The winner will be announced at the end our panel discussion Online Privacy: Risk, Opportunity & Innovation https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2016/01/onlineprivacyriskopportunityinnovation

To mark Data Protection Day 2016, the Information Compliance Office has teamed up with Science Gallery, Information Technology Services and the School of Computer Science and Statistics to create a programme of events that explore our online private lives.

Drop in Lock-Picking and Encryption Workshops

Visit us in the Arts Block between 12 and 3pm for a free drop-in lock-picking workshop, as well as an encryption tutorial to keep your online data safe. Learn how to encrypt your emails, chat securely and avoid surveillance and censorship online using tools and technologies trusted by journalists, activists, spies with Fionn Fitzmaurice

Location: Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

FREE, no booking necessary

The Future Of Online Privacy

Join us for a high-energy lunch-time event, where contributors from all around the world join us remotely for a radio-style conversation hosted by Jonathan McCrea from Newstalk's Futureproof, and featuring artist Matt Kenyon and technology experts who are testing the limits of online security.

Location: Science Gallery Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

Free, registration required: https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2016/01/futureonlineprivacy

Online Privacy: Risk, Opportunity & Innovation

Come along to the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute on Pearse Streetfor a discussion on the opportunities to innovate online, and the privacy risks that need to be traversed to do so. Hosted by Newstalk's Jess Kelly, and featuring contributors from law, advertising, and technology.

Location: Stanley Quek Hall, TBSI, Pearse Street, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

Free, registration required:https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2016/01/onlineprivacyriskopportunityinnovation

For directions see: https://www.tcd.ie/biosciences/visiting/

Please keep an eye on the website for further events added to the schedule.



Data Protection Training, 15th and 16th September 2015

The Information Compliance Office held Data Protection training on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th September 2015. Training was open to all staff, with separate sessions focusing on the issues most relevant to Administrative and Research areas. A total of three sessions were delivered and a total of 56 staff attended, from a wide variety of academic and service areas across the university.

If you were unable to attend the training, please note that further training will be held next term. Training materials have also been posted on the local access section of this website.



Training for FOI Decision-Makers, 8th September 2015

The Information Compliance Office held training for Trinity's FOI Decision-Makers on Tuesday 8th September 2015. Training was provided at 2 levels - a basic level for previously untrained Decision-Makers, and an advanced level for experienced Decision-Makers.

Topics addressed included the differences between the 2014 Act and previous Acts; the main exemptions and how to apply them appropriately; and the supports available to Decision-Makers from the Information Compliance Office. The intention is that the staff in attendance will now be better equipped to make appropriate decisions regarding Freedom of Information requests. If you were unable to attend the training, please note that training materials have been posted on the local access section of this website.

Launch of Trinity Data Protection Network, 14th August 2015

The Trinity Data Protection Network (see news item below) was launched on Friday 14th August 2015. Staff representing various areas throughout the University came together to discuss the Data Protection issues they encounter in their area, and to share knowledge and experience with their colleagues, in a confidential setting. It was a very productive meeting in which many important topics were discussed and further topics were suggested for future meetings.

Please note that the Data Protection Network membership list is not closed, and areas/schools wishing to join the Network are invited to send nominations to information.compliance@tcd.ie. The next meeting will be held in the first term of the upcoming academic year.

Trinity Data Protection Network, 22nd July 2015

Trinity is not only a data controller of the personal data of over 20,000 data subjects – staff and students, it is also the data controller of thousands of data subjects for the purposes of research. In an effort to ensure best practice in the collecting and processing of such a large data set, the Information Compliance Office has launched the Trinity Data Protection Network.

Areas within Trinity which hold and process high levels of data will now have a nominated Data Protection Network member who can link in directly with the Information Compliance Office on Data Protection queries. Data Protection Network members will also be invited to regular drop-in sessions where they can come together to discuss the data protection issues they encounter in their area. The intention is that this will lead to shared learning and a build up of data protection knowledge in local areas. The Network will also be used as a supplementary channel to disseminate data protection updates and/or changes to legislation.

Trinity Data Protection Network nominees are as follows:

Human Resources Paula Kennedy-Hogan Student Counselling Services Ros Agnew Global Relations Niamh Burke Careers Advisory Service Orlaith Tunney Academic Registry Lee Annett College Health Service Alison Williams Disability Service Declan Reilly Financial Services Paul Coote Information Systems Services Sara McAneney Trinity Access Programmes Lisa Keane Senior Lecturer Robert Otway-Norwood Science Gallery Derek Williams, Shaun O'Boyle Senior Tutor Helen Richardson Postgraduate Support Service Gillian Roddie Graduate Students' Union Katie Crowther

Please note this list is not exhaustive and areas/schools wishing to join the Trinity Data Protection Network are invited to send nominations to information.compliance@tcd.ie. The first meeting will be held on Friday 14th August 2015.

EU General Data Protection Regulation - Trilogue Discussions, 14 July 2015

Discussions are continuing today between the European Parliament, Commission and Council (the "trilogue") on the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This new regulation will be binding across all member states and will also apply to data controllers based outside the EU, who deal with EU citizens’ personal data. It will have far-reaching consequences for individuals and businesses alike.

The GDPR will supercede the 1995 EU Data Protection directive, which is in need of modernisation given technological and other developments over the past 20 years. The new GDPR is intended to safeguard individual privacy rights while facilitating economic growth and innovation. It will also facilitate the development of an EU “digital single market”.

The trilogue parties plan to finally agree the General Data Protection Regulation before the end of 2015. It's an exciting time for data protection and all eyes will be on Brussels over the coming months – please see our Twitter (@TCDInfoComp) for regular updates.

Visit from Julie Brill, 2 July 2015

Julie Brill is Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission - a role similar to that of the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland. Prior to becoming a Commissioner, Ms. Brill was the Senior Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the North Carolina Department of Justice. Commissioner Brill has also been a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia University’s School of Law.

Commissioner Brill works actively on issues of critical importance to consumers, including protecting consumers’ privacy, encouraging appropriate advertising substantiation, and guarding consumers from financial fraud. She is an advocate of protecting consumers’ privacy, especially with new online and mobile technologies, and supports the implementation of mechanisms to give consumers better control over the collection and use of their personal online information. Commissioner Brill has received numerous awards for her work, including the Privacy Professionals' Privacy Leader of the Year award in 2014.

Commissioner Brill visited Trinity on 2 July 2015. She was accompanied by the Information Compliance Officer on a tour of the Book of Kells and Long Room Library.

Visit from Christopher Wolf, 21 May 2015

Christopher Wolf was one of the first lawyers in the US to focus on privacy law for clients, and he remains a leader in the field. Mr Wolf is founder and chair of the Future of Privacy forum and a director of Privacy and Information Management Practice in US law firm Hogan Lovells. He has served as chair of the Anti-Defamation League and the International Network Against Cyber-Hate. Mr Wolf speaks and writes internationally on privacy issues at major conferences, law school symposia and for the media. He has even advised the OECD on its Privacy Guidelines.

Mr Wolf visited Trinity College Dublin on 21 May 2015 and met with the Information Compliance Officer, who accompanied him on a tour of the college.