Event

~~~~5.30pm 11 JUNE 2019, VUW Lecture Theatre 3 Old Govt Buildings (OGB), 55 Lambton Quay, WELLINGTON

This timely lecture explores data privacy protection for the digitised persona, focusing on the challenges brought by profiling. The speaker argues that we should move from a pure opt-in consent regime to an accountability model for big data analytics.

Anne S.Y. Cheung is a professor at the Department of Law at the University of Hong Kong. She has taught Media Law and Law and Society. Her research interests include freedom of expression and privacy, focusing the challenges brought by the internet and technology. Her recent projects are on cyberbullying, and China’s social credit system.

Her recent writings include:
“Moving beyond Consent for Citizen Science in Big Data Health Research,” 16(1) Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 15(2018)

“Reputation Protection on Online Rating Sites,” 21 Stanford Technology Law Review (2018, forthcoming), by Anne SY Cheung and Wolfgang Schulz. Professor Cheung is the 2018 Legal Research Foundation Visiting Scholar.

Details about the Wellington Lecture “Data Policy in the Big Data Era” – 5.30pm June 11^th 2019, Lecture Theatre 3, OGB, Lambton Quay

Map of where to find Lecture Theatre 3 OGB

NZ Law Foundation provided funding towards
bringing Professor Anne Cheung to New Zealand for public lectures in Auckland
and Wellington and other related activities