London (UK), October 2009 - The challenging statement "Personal data it's ours!" will be discussed 20 - 22 January 2010 at the next Mobility, Individualisation, Socialisation, Connectivity (MISC) Conference. It will be explored how digitised personal data records now play a central role in everyday life, from the record of a birth at a hospital to the delivery of a death certificate at the registrar.
The increasing amount of digital data by and about individuals leads to the emergence of what is now referred to as -œdigital identity-, i.e. all the attributes and digital production by and about a person - school records, health records, employment records, business records, credit records, surveillance records, etc.
How and why we should provide greater personal control over personal data and one's digital identity?
Along with researchers and practitioners working in a variety of fields (education, employment, healthcare, policy, technologies, etc.), an examination will be made into how the current changes in technologies and practices towards individualisation and socialisation can provide solutions to personal data control to the benefits of individuals and businesses alike.
The MISC 2010 topics are
The calendar for participation is as follows:
