UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network (Cross-DPN)

UK-RoI 跨境数据保护网络（Cross-DPN）

• 批准号: ES/V008080/1
• 负责人: Napoleon Xanthoulis
• 金额: $ 1.28万
• 依托单位: University of Portsmouth
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV008080%2F1
• 关键词: UK; RoI; Cross; Border; Data

The UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network (Cross-DPN) will create a forum for discussing the challenges of data protection in the post-Brexit era through an interdisciplinary perspective, involving a number of stakeholders.The protection of personal data is of critical importance from a social, economic and legal perspective. In contemporary global societies, networks of individuals, businesses and states heavily rely on flows of data across borders. Three-quarters of the UK's data transfers to other countries are with the EU. RoI hosts the European headquarters of leading technology corporations, such as Google and Facebook, which process data of millions of European and British citizens. Free transfer of data between RoI and Northern Ireland is vital for maintaining all island co-operation on an economic, political and social basis, and safeguarding peace. Brexit disrupts the current data protection regime. Following the UK's departure from the EU, it is unclear whether and how personal data will continue to be freely transferred between the EU and the UK. In the absence of a specific agreement, the UK will be treated as a non-EU country, with important implications for citizens, businesses and national security agencies. Millions of citizens whose personal data are processed in the UK and thousands of businesses carrying out cross-border activities between the UK, RoI or other EU countries face major uncertainties about their future rights and obligations as regards data protection. As a result, the Irish border - a site where entities, mobility and information intersect - gives rise to an unprecedented puzzle pertaining to the mechanisms of data transfer to the UK, law enforcement and intelligence sharing, and administrative cooperation in the post-Brexit era.Cross-DPN will build the first sustainable network of academics, civil society, industry and public officials to engage with data protection-related challenges in the post-Brexit era. The network is directed by a steering committee of four early career researchers, both from the UK and RoI, all experts in data protection and with a consolidated experience in network building, project management and knowledge dissemination. This network will be the first of its kind, both in terms of theme and in terms of range of stakeholders involved. Its mission will be to pursue three main objectives: 1. to create a knowledge-sharing forum for assessing the challenges of data protection after Brexit and explore potential solutions;2. to strengthen existing links between researchers from the UK and RoI and foster the formation of new relationships between academics and public/private stakeholders; and3. to offer a platform for identifying common research agendas, laying the foundations for future collaborations, and applying for competitive bids in the area of data protection.In order to achieve these objectives, we plan three activities that will start in January 2021:a. we will organise four events in the RoI and the UK, focusing on the areas which will present major challenges for the development of data protection in the years ahead, namely: EU-UK data transfer mechanisms; the management of the Irish border and data protection; data protection in law enforcement and intelligence sharing; and institutional cooperation between UK, RoI and EU data protection authorities.b. we will set up a website, social media channels and a mailing list for disseminating research outputs and the latest news relevant to data protection and Brexit.c. we will organise an annual open call aiming to support short research visits by two emerging scholars whose research seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges of data protection in the post-Brexit era.Ultimately, Cross-DPN aims to open a new channel for dialogue in the island of Ireland, and contribute to maintaining the Irish border as a site of integration and cooperation.

英国-ROI跨境数据保护网络(Cross-DPN)将创建一个论坛，通过跨学科的视角讨论英国退欧后时代的数据保护挑战，涉及多个利益相关者。从社会、经济和法律角度来看，个人数据保护至关重要。在当代全球社会中，个人、企业和国家的网络严重依赖跨境数据流。英国向其他国家转移的数据中，有四分之三是通过欧盟转移的。ROI是谷歌和Facebook等领先科技公司的欧洲总部所在地，这些公司处理数百万欧洲和英国公民的数据。在ROI和北爱尔兰之间自由传输数据对于维持所有岛屿在经济、政治和社会基础上的合作以及维护和平至关重要。英国退欧扰乱了当前的数据保护制度。在英国脱离欧盟后，目前尚不清楚个人数据是否以及如何继续在欧盟和英国之间自由转移。在没有达成具体协议的情况下，英国将被视为非欧盟国家，对公民、企业和国家安全机构具有重要影响。数以百万计的公民的个人数据在英国被处理，以及数千家在英国、投资回报率或其他欧盟国家之间开展跨境活动的企业面临着未来在数据保护方面的权利和义务的重大不确定性。因此，爱尔兰边境-实体、流动性和信息交叉的地方-在英国退欧后时代的数据传输机制、执法和情报共享以及行政合作方面引发了前所未有的困惑。跨DPN将建立首个可持续的网络，由学者、公民社会、行业和公共官员组成，以应对后英国退欧时代与数据保护相关的挑战。该网络由一个由四名早期职业研究人员组成的指导委员会领导，他们都是数据保护方面的专家，在网络建设、项目管理和知识传播方面都有丰富的经验。无论是就主题而言，还是就涉及的利益攸关方范围而言，这一网络都将是此类网络中的第一个。它的使命将是追求三个主要目标：1.创建一个知识共享论坛，用于评估英国退欧后数据保护的挑战，并探索潜在的解决方案；2.加强来自英国的研究人员和ROI之间的现有联系，并促进学者和公共/私营利益攸关方之间形成新的关系；以及3.为确定共同的研究议程，为未来的合作奠定基础，并申请数据保护领域的竞争性投标，我们提供了一个平台。为了实现这些目标，我们计划从2021年1月开始开展三项活动：a.我们将在ROI和英国组织四项活动，重点关注未来几年将对数据保护发展构成重大挑战的领域，即：欧盟-英国数据传输机制；爱尔兰边境管理和数据保护；执法和情报共享中的数据保护；以及英国、ROI和欧盟数据保护当局之间的机构合作。我们将建立网站、社交媒体频道和邮件列表，传播研究成果和与数据保护和英国退欧相关的最新消息。我们将组织一年一度的公开访问，旨在支持两位新兴学者的短期研究访问，他们的研究旨在更好地了解英国退欧后时代数据保护的挑战。最终，Cross-DPN旨在在爱尔兰岛打开一条新的对话渠道，并为保持爱尔兰边境作为融合与合作场所做出贡献。