Dynamics of Data Flows

2 - 4 February 2006
GPD team workshop preceded by a discussion of the international survey.

The Dynamics of Data Flows
2 - 4 February 2006
Donald Gordon Centre

The primary goal of the workshop is to facilitate higher levels of collaboration amongst those engaged in various sub-projects under the Globalization of Personal Data (GPD) umbrella.
More specifically, we hope to accomplish the following:

• update others concerning recent, ongoing and anticipated research;
• identify commonalities and discrepancies concerning objects and units of analysis;
• identify those research questions most likely to drive future investigations;
• establish realistic bases for future collaboration;
• set time-lines for future publications and the production of green papers for purposes of public outreach.

As its name implies, the workshop is also intended to focus attention on the overriding area of concern common to all areas of GPD investigation; namely the dynamics associated with the personal data flows produced by a diverse range of governmental, commercial and cultural practices. We are particularly interested in the social, economic and political/legal significance of personal data flows with respect to their circulation across international borders. Relevant concerns in this area include: the relative volume of personal data traffic in selected domains; the destinations of personal data; differences in state approaches to the governance of cross-border data; corporate vs. state influence over personal data-flows; divergences in relevant public attitudes in different countries; how differences in state privacy laws effect the flow of cross-border data; parallels and anomalies concerning data-flows and international flows of goods, currency and persons; effects of cross-border data-flows on identifiable persons and groups.

• View workshop agenda and access PDF papers

For more information, please contact:
Stephen Marmura
marmuras at post.queensu.ca

Agenda

Dynamics of Data-Flows: Collaborative Synergies
Research Workshop at the Donald Gordon Centre
Presented by The Surveillance Project, Queen's University
Kingston, ON. Canada
February 2-4, 2006

NOTE: ACCESS TO PDF PAPERS IS PASSWORD PROTECTED

Thursday, February 2

9:00 - 9:05am: Brief introduction to the workshop by David Lyon

9:05 - 10:00am: Elia Zureik and Lynda Harling Stalker
Presentation on the International Survey

10:00 - 10:20am: Andrew Grenville, IPSOS Canada Dynamics of Data-Flows: Collaborative Synergies
Research Workshop at the Donald Gordon Centre
Presented by The Surveillance Project, Queen's University
Kingston, ON. Canada
February 2-4, 2006

NOTE: ACCESS TO PDF PAPERS IS PASSWORD PROTECTED

Thursday, February 2

9:00 - 9:05am: Brief introduction to the workshop by David Lyon

9:05 - 10:00am: Elia Zureik and Lynda Harling Stalker
Presentation on the International Survey

10:00 - 10:20am: Andrew Grenville, IPSOS Canada

10:20 - 10:30am: Break

10:30 - 11:15am: Discussion of the International Survey

11:15 - 11:30am: David Skillicorn
Extracting Underlying Information from Survey Data

11:30 - 11:40am: Break

11:40 - 12:30pm: David Lyon and Emily Smith:
Personal data traffic across the Canadian border: what do we know?

12:30 - 1:30pm: Buffet lunch, DGC Dining Room

1:30 - 3:00pm: 1st Panel: Workers and data flows
Chair: Nicola Green

• Kirstie Ball, The Open University, UK
  Dimensions of data flows in the outsourced offshore call centre
• David Zweig, University of Toronto
  Beyond Privacy: Knowledge Based Marketing and the Mediating Role of Psychological Contract Breach
  
• Simon Kiss, Queen's Universty
  Trade union and anti-globalizaton movement response to increased surveillance

3:00 - 3:15pm: Break

3:15 - 4:30pm: Facilitated working session
Facilitator: David Lyon

5:00 - 6:30pm: Reception, Carriage House Pub, DGC

6:30pm: Buffet dinner, DGC Dining Room

Friday, February 3

9:00 - 10:30am: 2nd Panel: Consumers and data flows
Chair: Stephen Marmura

• Cagatay Topal, Queen's University
  From the disciplinary society to the society of control: Surveillance over migrant workers from Turkey in Germany
• Jason Pridmore, Queen's University
  Corporate loyalty and information gathering: Flows of personal data in
  Canadian rewards programs
• David Skillicorn, Queen's University
  Interactions between analysis and flow

10:30 - 10:45am: Break

10:45am - 12:00pm: Facilitated working session
Facilitator: Yolande Chan

12:00 - 1:00pm: Buffet lunch, DGC Dining Room

1:00 - 2:30pm: 3rd Panel: Travelers and data flows
Chair: Kirstie Ball

• Yolande Chan and Kathleen Greenaway, Queen's University
  Data sharing policies in Canadian financial institutions and retail companies
• David Lyon, Queen's University
  National ID card systems and personal data-flows
• Nicola Green, University of Surrey, UK
  Mobility of people vs. information across borders

2:30 - 2:45pm: Break

2:45 - 4:30pm: Facilitated working session
Facilitator: Art Cockfield

6:00pm: Dinner, Pan Chancho restaurant (44 Princess Street)

Saturday, February 4

9:00 - 10:30am: 4th panel: Citizens and data flows
Chair: Elia Zureik

• Art Cockfield, Queen's University
  Comparative analysis of Canadian and foreign private sector privacy laws
• Mark Salter, University of Ottawa
  The airport as a node in the global mobility regime
• Martin French, Queen's University
  The Governance of Health Surveillance

10:30 - 10:45am: Break

10:45am - 11:15Am: Raymond D'Aoust, Assistant Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (via teleconference)
The OPC perspective on personal data flows

11:15am - 12:00pm: Facilitated working session
Facilitator: Kirstie Ball

12:00 - 1:00pm: Buffet lunch, DGC Dining Room