Keynote Speaker: Prof. Joachim Meyer (Tel Aviv University)

Panelist: Prof. Menyhárd Attila (ELTE ÁJK Polgári Jogi Tanszék, MCC Modern Jogi Tanulmányok Műhely)

Moderator: Prof. Cséfalvay Zoltán (MCC Centre for Next Technological Futures)

Information technologies and networks are rapidly developing, means for data collection are becoming almost ubiquitous, and powerful computational tools for data analyses are widely available. These developments challenge existing conceptions of an individual’s privacy. Starting with the notion of “privacy as control over information about oneself” (e.g., Westin, 1967), I apply the conceptual framework of closed-loop control to three issues related to privacy – a person’s decision to provide information to a website, a person’s decision to share information on social media, and the regulatory decision to limit the collection or use of information about individuals as related to services, such as health insurance. Some implications of these analyses for the design of systems and regulatory frameworks are discussed.