SIF14: Parallel session 2.1 -- 'No trade-off'
Channel: Utrikesdepartementet
Date: 2014-05-28

'No trade-off': reconciling privacy and security for global growth and economic development

The internet has changed the way we trade. Companies of all sizes around the globe are today heavily dependent on cross-border data transfers in their daily operations; not just large IT companies and banks but also industrial enterprises and SMEs. Restrictions on such transfers will cause major problems for multinationals and SMEs and lead to missed business opportunities and decreased innovation, thereby also challenging development prospects. New regulations on data transfers will thus have an important influence on the future of international trade and on the prerequisites for innovation and entrepreneurship. At the same time, cross-border data flows may have important privacy-related concerns.

How do we reconcile privacy and security in a way that paves the way for global growth and economic development? In what ways do new, broad regional and global trade agreements facilitate growth, innovation and development, and at the same time challenge our right to privacy?

Moderator: Suhasini Haidar

Panellists
Lucy Purdon, Programme Support Manager: ICT, The Institute for Human Rights and Business, UNITED KINGDOM, @lucypurdon
Magnus Rentzhog, Swedish National board of Trade, SWEDEN
Hanne Melin, Policy Strategy Counsel, eBay Inc, EUROPE
Jean-Jaques Sahel, Vice President, ICANN Europa, UNITED KINGDOM
Beryl Aidi, Programme Advisor, Kenya Human Rights Commission, KENYA, @thespannergal