Dynamics of Data Flows
Dynamics of Data Flows

Dynamics of Data Flows

2 - 4 February 2006
GPD team workshop preceded by a discussion of the international survey.

The Dynamics of Data Flows
2 - 4 February 2006
Donald Gordon Centre

The primary goal of the workshop is to facilitate higher levels of collaboration amongst those engaged in various sub-projects under the Globalization of Personal Data (GPD) umbrella.
More specifically, we hope to accomplish the following:

  • update others concerning recent, ongoing and anticipated research;
  • identify commonalities and discrepancies concerning objects and units of analysis;
  • identify those research questions most likely to drive future investigations;
  • establish realistic bases for future collaboration;
  • set time-lines for future publications and the production of green papers for purposes of public outreach.

As its name implies, the workshop is also intended to focus attention on the overriding area of concern common to all areas of GPD investigation; namely the dynamics associated with the personal data flows produced by a diverse range of governmental, commercial and cultural practices. We are particularly interested in the social, economic and political/legal significance of personal data flows with respect to their circulation across international borders. Relevant concerns in this area include: the relative volume of personal data traffic in selected domains; the destinations of personal data; differences in state approaches to the governance of cross-border data; corporate vs. state influence over personal data-flows; divergences in relevant public attitudes in different countries; how differences in state privacy laws effect the flow of cross-border data; parallels and anomalies concerning data-flows and international flows of goods, currency and persons; effects of cross-border data-flows on identifiable persons and groups.

For more information, please contact:
Stephen Marmura
marmuras at post.queensu.ca