Giovanni Buttarelli
Position: Prof. Dr.
Organization: EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor)
Giovanni BUTTARELLI has been closely involved in the development of data protection legislation from 1990 both at the international and national level.
He has been Assistant EDPS since January 2009, appointed by a joint decision of the European Parliament and the Council. His long experience includes the participation in many bodies at EU level (including Art. 29 WP, Art. 31 Committee of Directive n. 95/46/EC), and at the Council of Europe (also as a consultant, T‐PD; CJ‐PD, DH‐S‐Ac, Venice Commission), as well as the contribution to various conferences, hearings, meetings and workshops held also by Parliaments and to specialized book journals and papers.
Secretary General to the Italian Data Protection Authority since 1997, he actively contributed to the drafting of the Italian Act (1997) and of the 2003 Personal Data Protection Code. Member of the judiciary from 1986, he currently teaches on privacy at a University in Rome.
From 1990 to 1997 he worked at the Legislation Department of the Italian Ministry of Justice where he contributed to drafting many regulatory provisions, also as a member of inter‐Ministerial committees. He chaired the Council WG which drew up Directive 97/66/EC (data protection in the telecommunications sector) as well as the Schengen Joint Supervisory Body.
Title of the presentation: Transparency, openness of "public data" and citizen´s infomational self-determination
Abstract: Government transparency and data protection are intrinsically linked. Transparency, privacy and data protection are amongst the fundamental rights enshrined contained in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, placed next to each other as provisions having general application. Citizens are entitled to an open and accountable government and a government which ensures an adequate level of protection of citizens´ personal data, to be processed lawfully and fairly. An effective and balanced protection of personal data is a condition under which public access to personal data can be considered legitimate. The public disclosure of data should be in conformity with the data protection rules. The disclosure should be fair and lawful and the data subjects involved should be well-informed of the relevant consequences. The purposes and possible further uses of the data published should be clearly defined especially with regard to data easily available using new technologies. This does not mean necessarily less transparency: recent experiences, including the well known EU 'Bavarian Lager' court case, show that, being creative and proactive, there is a new way to better protect the legitimate interests of the persons concerned in increasing the number of information to be made public.
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