[MyData & Open Data] Swedish Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board scrutinizes Google cloud services to host students data

Fri Mar 7 08:51:02 UTC 2014

Hi Mattias,

Well, what can I say? :-

Thanks! I guess we are using this pad now
http://pad.okfn.org/p/Privacy_at_OKFestival_14

Sally

On 6 March 2014 21:07, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se> wrote:

>  On 06/03/14 21:09, Sally Deffor wrote:
>
>  [quote snipped] Actually I haven't heard of any but I would imagine that
> there are, we would just need to find those as they are important
> considerations when developing  the key data principles on this project.
>
> @Sally OK. I could look more in to that. In general I think we should look
> for if there are any laws or rules in different countries that could lay a
> good foundation for key data principles on this project.
>
>   Regarding the question about the hackpad, do you mean the pre-festival
> planning etherpad (http://pad.okfn.org/p/OKFestival_Meetups)?
>
> @Sally No I mean
> https://privacyatokfest14.hackpad.com/Privacy-at-OKFestival-14-pGhPWAiQPIQ.
> I might be speaking only for myself but as a privacy-enthusiast it feels
> contradictory to work there when it features multiple cookies & trackers
> from: google-analytics, facebook, mxnpnl and more.
>
>   Well, we haven't figured out yet whether any of our proposed activities
> would be a  pre-event, if it is we would migrate it to the etherpad, but
> for now we are still using the WG hackpad (
> https://privacyatokfest14.hackpad.com/Privacy-at-OKFestival-14-pGhPWAiQPIQ).
>
>
> @Sally I took the freedom to migrate it now to
> http://pad.okfn.org/p/Privacy_at_OKFestival_14
> - Join me, we got privacy covered! ;)
> Best,
> Mattias
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Sally
>
>
> On 6 March 2014 15:34, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se> wrote:
>
>>  On 06/03/14 10:22, Sally Deffor wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mattias,
>> [quote snipped]
>>
>> I thought it would be particularly interesting to see, (with the Swedish
>> Personal Data Act being 15yrs), whether any special principles have been
>> included/changed that take account of third party access in relation to
>> opening up personal data.
>>
>> That is an interesting point. Have you heard of any such principles
>> before? In this case it seems like it is conflicting with the PUL (Personal
>> Data Law) from 1998 which aims to protect citizens from exactly the
>> situations that the data seem to end up in with the case of Google storage
>> services.
>>
>> I could try to get in touch with them when I have time and see what they
>> say about this case. I agree this is interesting, whether this PUL-law is
>> unique or actually just enforced harder by the Oversight Board.
>>
>> By the way have you migrated the MyData hackpad to OKFN-pad yet?
>>
>> Best,
>> Mattias
>>
>>
>>  Best,
>> Sally
>>
>>
>> On 5 March 2014 19:23, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello MyData-list,
>>>
>>> Something similar to what Lancelot posted happens in Sweden. The
>>> equivalent to the  Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
>>> (Datainspektionen) are scrutinizing the use of Google Apps for Education in
>>> public schools. Because of conflict with privacy law.
>>>
>>> This is not the first time that the Oversight Board says no to Google
>>> Apps. it's been highlighted in other cases, reported by IT-media globally
>>> before.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Mattias
>>> OKFN Sweden
>>> Community Manager
>>>
>>> This case: (Swedish)
>>> http://www.datainspektionen.se/press/nyheter/2014/datainspektionen-granskar-malmo-skolors-molntjanster/
>>>
>>> Earlier examples (EN):
>>> http://www.thelocal.se/20130917/50288
>>> http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/06/14/sweden-google-data-protection/
>>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/sweden-tells-council-to-stop-using-google-apps-7000016850/
>>>
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239931/Swedish_regulator_rejects_city_s_Google_Apps_deal
>>> (SV)
>>>
>>> http://www.datainspektionen.se/Documents/beslut/2011-09-30-salems-kommun.pdf
>>>
>>> http://www.datainspektionen.se/press/nyheter/2013/fortsatt-nej-for-kommun-att-anvanda-molntjanst/
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/02/14 10:12, Lancelot PECQUET wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Interesting news in France: Google was fined by the "Commission
>>> Nationale Informatique & Libertés"
>>> (French equivalent of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board)
>>> but, more interestingly, demanded
>>> to display its sentence on google.fr (cf. attachment), in large fonts.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>>  --
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>>>
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>>
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