A Fine Balance 2007

Event report now available*

Organised by three of the UK’s Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTN), and supported by the European Commission, A Fine Balance is an series of independent forums for discussing privacy in relation to the development of new technology.

2007’s conference discussed the development and integration of technologies which can build privacy into new devices and services at the design stage.

On May 2nd 2007, the European Commission adopted a Communication "Promoting Data Protection by Privacy enhancing Technologies (PETs)" in which it called for stepping up research in and development of PETs. In this context, the outcomes of this event are being taken under consideration by the European Commission in its formulation of upcoming work programmes for funding calls in this area of the FP7 - ICT programme and will influence the direction of future research in the fields of privacy and technology.

The original European Commission Communication can be found here.

*The report from this event is now available