Data protection has been a fundamental right since 1970 and it is getting more and more important with advances in technology. Without an effective data protection framework many crucial aspects of a democratic society such as the right to have a private life, freedom of speech, presumption of innocence, and human dignity in general would be at stake. From that perspective, all democratic countries have implemented an effective data protection legal framework. Besides that, United Nations, European Council, European Union, OECD, APEC and many other international bodies issued declarations regarding privacy and data protection. However, the legal framework for data protection in Turkey is still not at a desired level. On the other hand, there are large scale IT projects in Turkey especially regarding the education and health sectors. Among those, FATIH project is getting attention worldwide. With FATIH project, it is expected that every student will have a tablet computer in the near future, and the whole education system will be computerized. Health is another sector where IT tranformation is going on at full speed. IT revolution is important for turkey in order to have a more effective Health and Education System. However, we believe that there is not much investment in assesing the privacy impact of using IT technology in health and education though such large scale projects with centralized data storage systems. In fact data protection in education and health is still a topic of discussion in academia. The aim of this conference is to create a platform to discuss the current status in Turkey regarding data privacy with special focus on Education and Health data.
First day of the conference will be dedicated to privacy in education including a geneal session on social media which is very popular in Turkey especially among young people. The second day of the conference will be dedicated to data protection in health sector. We plan to discuss the current status in the world and in Turkey with participation form government institutions, private sector, and experts from academia.
Date: 9-10 June, 2014
Venue:
9 June, 2014 - Bahçeşehir University-Beşiktaş Campus (Çırağan Caddesi Osmanpaşa Mektebi Sokak No: 4 – 6 34353 Beşiktaş, İstanbul)
10 June, 2014 -İstanbul Bilgi University-Santralistanbul (Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı, Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13 34060 Eyüp İstanbul)
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