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The Society for Computers and the Law (SCL) is having a conference on 1 May on information governance:

Information Governance Conference 2008

Information governance has rapidly become an integral part of organisational strategy in both the public and private sector. Organisations of all types and size are generating ever greater volumes of sensitive data and that data must be handled lawfully to avoid damaged reputations and unnecessary costs. Breaches of the law can result in enforcement notices, fines and even criminal convictions for directors and managers.

The SCL Information Governance Conference tackles this fastmoving subject to provide authoritative, practical advice for advisers and their clients. The panel of expert speakers will give an insider’s view of the challenges facing organisations and distil that collective experience into practical know how on information governance.

Of particular interest to readers (and myself) is a session on Creative Commons concepts and personal data:

15:55 – 16:35
Application of DRM/Creative Commons Concepts to Confidential/Personal Information
Roger Bickerstaff, Bird & Bird

* The need for individual control over data usage
* How can DRM work for non-corporate information?
* Can the Creative Commons concept be applied to non-copyright information?
* Enforcement/jurisdiction/monitoring

Several people have either approached me directly or mentioned on various sites the application of the tools we are developing for open data at Open Data Commons to be applied in the personal data space. I think that there are some distinctly different issues involved as privacy issues have a different set of rules than straight IP issues, as well as of course a distinct set of different concerns (privacy). It will be great to get such a distinguished perspective on some of the issues. More of course, after the event.