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

UK-RoI跨境数据保护网络（Cross-DPN）将创建一个论坛，通过跨学科的角度讨论英国脱欧后时代的数据保护挑战，涉及许多利益相关者。从社会、经济和法律的角度来看，保护个人数据至关重要。在当代全球社会中，由个人、企业和国家组成的网络严重依赖跨境数据流动。英国向其他国家传输的数据中，有四分之三是通过欧盟传输的。投资回报率是b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。爱尔兰投资王国和北爱尔兰之间的数据自由传输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。英国脱欧扰乱了当前的数据保护制度。在英国脱离欧盟之后，个人数据是否以及如何继续在欧盟和英国之间自由传输尚不清楚。在没有具体协议的情况下，英国将被视为非欧盟国家，这将对公民、企业和国家安全机构产生重要影响。在英国处理个人数据的数百万公民，以及在英国、投资回报率或其他欧盟国家之间开展跨境活动的数千家企业，在数据保护方面面临着未来权利和义务的重大不确定性。因此，爱尔兰边境——一个实体、流动性和信息交汇的地方——引发了一个前所未有的难题，涉及到后英国脱欧时代向英国传输数据、执法和情报共享以及行政合作的机制。Cross-DPN将建立第一个由学术界、民间社会、工业界和政府官员组成的可持续网络，以应对英国脱欧后时代与数据保护相关的挑战。该网络由来自英国和RoI的四名早期职业研究人员组成的指导委员会指导，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拥有丰富的经验。无论就主题还是就所涉利益攸关方的范围而言，这一网络都将是同类网络中的第一个。它的任务将是实现三个主要目标：创建一个知识共享论坛，评估英国脱欧后数据保护面临的挑战，并探讨潜在的解决方案；加强英国研究人员与RoI之间的现有联系，并促进学术界与公共/私人利益相关者之间形成新的关系；说谎。提供一个平台，以确定共同的研究议程，为未来的合作奠定基础，并在数据保护领域申请竞争性投标。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：我们将在投资回报率和英国举办四场活动，重点关注未来几年数据保护发展面临的主要挑战，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和欧盟数据保护机构之间的机构合作。我们将建立一个网站、社交媒体渠道和邮件列表，以传播与数据保护和英国脱欧相关的研究成果和最新消息。我们将组织一次年度公开呼吁，旨在支持两位新兴学者的短期研究访问，他们的研究旨在为更好地理解后英国脱欧时代数据保护的挑战做出贡献。最终，Cross-DPN的目标是为爱尔兰岛的对话开辟一个新的渠道，并为维持爱尔兰边境作为一个融合与合作的场所作出贡献。

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.