Under the motto ‘If you’ve got nothing to hide, you don’t need trousers’, the next Studium Generale lecture will explore data protection as an everyday challenge. Andreas Jaspers, Managing Director of the Society for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD) in Bonn, will give a talk on Thursday, 4 December 2014 at 6.30 pm on the Kleve campus of Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, Building 1, 2nd floor, Room 01 02 005 in Kleve. Attendance is free of charge.
Kleve/Kamp-Lintfort, 28 November 2014: Online shopping, communicating via WhatsApp, posting on Facebook and using wearables that provide health data to health apps have become part of everyday life. The benefits and conveniences offered by modern information technologies are now taken for granted.
The fact that the use of information and communication services is gradually rendering citizens completely transparent is, in some cases, unknown or ignored. The so-called ‘post-privacy’ movement has already completely abandoned the right to data protection.
However, the loss of control over personal data poses considerable risks to our legal and social order and, consequently, to each and every one of us. As part of the Studium Generale programme, Andreas Jaspers will examine the dangers and challenges to data protection posed by information technology. The solution cannot be to abstain entirely from the internet, smartphones and the like, but rather lies in the responsible use of IT. European legislators also have a role to play; with the planned General Data Protection Regulation, they are set to establish a framework for companies regarding the collection and analysis of personal data, whilst also setting limits for internet giants and data behemoths.
The lecture forms part of the Studium Generale programme. The lecture series is aimed at the general public, as well as students, lecturers and staff at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, and presents current topics in a way that is relevant to everyday life and informative. The series also offers the opportunity to engage with current issues. “We invite everyone, regardless of age, to attend these fascinating lectures,” says the University’s President, Prof. Dr Marie-Louise Klotz. At the same time, she sees the programme as an opportunity to visit both university sites and the new buildings on the new campuses.
The Studium Generale lectures at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences are free of charge for members of the public. Further information on the Studium Generale is available online at www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de.
