Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Personal Data Protection in the Digital Age – Conference and a Presentation of the Collection of Essays

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On 19 September 2022
, a conference - Personal Data Protection in the Digital Age was held. The conference was organized by ISOC Georgia and moderated by Ketevan Kukava - the Director of “Law and Public Policy Center” and the Head of the Personal Data Protection Special Interest Group at Internet Society Georgia Chapter.

Speakers of the conference were students of Georgian higher educational institutions. They discussed challenges related to data protection with regard to the following issues: social networks, e-commerce, electronic communications, freedom of expression, remote labor relations, etc. Special attention was paid to the European standards of data protection, the case law of the ECtHR and the CJEU.

“Technological progress has brought significant benefits to society, improved the quality of life, and created new opportunities; however, at the same time, it posed new threats to the right to privacy and created risks in terms of personal data protection. Technological development has an impact on all aspects of people’s everyday life. Despite many benefits, the digital age created certain challenges, as a high volume of information is being collected, which is processed in more and more complex ways. That’s why our project aimed to assess and analyze the risks that emerge in the digital age, and see how the European data protection law develops and against this background, what challenges exist in Georgia,” - noted Ketevan Kukava.   

Topics discussed at the conference confirmed the significance of personal data protection in the digital age and the multifaceted risks and threats that exist in this regard.

The collection of essays is available here.



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