In 2012, the European Commission launched the proposal of the eID to harmonise electronic identification systems in Europe. The intruduction of new passports with biometric data draw even more attention on the use of eID. What all this means and possible dangers for privacy explains Jan Schallaböck, expert on identification of the indepentend data protection authority of Schleswig Holstein (Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, ULD)

Furthermore we had the chance to speak with Jan about reserach projects in the EU. The FP7, the Seventh Framework Programme of the EU, funded lots of criticised projects like INDECT or ADABTS. The question is: Shall we fund projects like this with taxpayers money or shall we, for instance, fund standardisation projetcs to implement privacy by desgin?

Links:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (ULD): https://www.datenschutzzentrum.de

European Commission: Electronic identification, signatures and trust services: Questions and Answers

Lawrence Lessig: Code is Law (youtube)

Wikipedia: TAFTA – Transatlantic Free Trade Area

Podcast with Ralf Bendrath: NPEU007 – Lobbyists, privacy, activists and memes

Bruce Schneier: Identifying People from Mobile Phone Location Data