[JMCE at Keio/Japan] Special Lecture #17 (27/10/2018) > Special Lectures

Title

Big Data and Personal Data Protection:

 Privacy; a matter of democracy　

Speaker

Kentaro Christophe FURUSAWA,

Attorney at Law at Masuda & Partners　

Dates

27 October 2018

Venue

Room 2B12, B2nd Floor, South bldg., Mita Campus, Keio University

Number of

Direct Participants

(researchers and students from your institution)

6

Number of

Indirect Participants

(other audiences like media or residents in your region)

0

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

-Cambridge Analitica used its database and voter information from

Facebook  and news publishers to help elect Donald Trump.

-Cambridge Analitica also used its database and voter information from Facebook  and news publishers to influence Brexit.

-Now personal information can be used to influence democratic value,

 therefore data protection law is very important.

-Tracking personal data also influence people’s freedom of thought and expression.

-This is the second reason why personal data protection is so

important as to protect democratic values.

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