On 30 June 2016, CIPL and Telefónica held a joint Roundtable in London, with senior business leaders, data privacy officers and lawyers, data privacy regulators and academic experts, entitled ‘Reframing Data Transparency’.
The objective of the Roundtable was to build on recent projects, initiatives and legal changes related to data transparency, such as the EU-US Privacy Bridges project which explores new approaches to data transparency and the enhanced transparency provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation. The Roundtable brought together representatives of the European data protection authorities; the European Data Protection Supervisor; business and privacy leaders from international corporations; small and medium-sized businesses; start-ups; academics and researchers to discuss new approaches to transparency that aim both to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and enable data-driven economic growth and digital confidence in the modern information age.
This paper explores the themes which arose during this roundtable discussion argues that traditional approaches to transparency which focus only on legal requirements do not empower individuals in the sense of providing them with meaningful information about how and why companies use their data as we as user-friendly data control tools.
