On Monday 17 June, The Open Data Knowledge Centre organised together with Lund University, University of Zagreb and Bochum University of Applied Science, a workshop ‘Towards an Open SDI’ in Limassol, Cyprus as part of the AGILE Conference. During this Workshop the recently adopted Open Data Public Sector Information Directive was explained and the impact of Open Data in Croatia, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands was presented. In addition, we introduced the concept of open SDIs. During this workshop, we discussed how to overcome the challenges of open SDIs and to move towards an open spatial data infrastructure, in which everyone can participate.
The article Scoping Personal Data: Towards a Nuanced Interpretation of the Material Scope of EU Data Protecton Law by KCOD’s Lorenzo Dalla Corte is published in the European Journal of Law and Technology.
The concept of personal data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person – is a cornerstone of the European data protecton framework since its very inception. The processing of personal data is a condito sine qua non for the applicability of EU data protecton law. Despite the crucial importance of the notion, the boundaries of the concept are often blurry. Ascertaining whether data is personal frequently depends on each individual processing’s concrete context and characteristics. As a result of the contextual and relative character of the notion of personal data, in cases dealing with indirect identifiability, much is left to the discretion of the interpreter.
On the 14th of May 2019, Lorenzo presented at the first International Workshop on the Legal Notions of Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law in a Rapidly Changing World, held by the Brussels Privacy Hub and by the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) department at VUB. The reception of his latest paper (“A Right to a Rule – on the substance and essence of the fundamental right to personal data protection”) has been very positive. The paper has been submitted for publication in an edited volume by Hart Publishing.
On the 16th of May, Lorenzo spoke at the panel “European Data Economy and Regulation of Data” about regulatory convergences and recent developments in the EU Data Economy at TILTing Perspectives 2019. The other panellists were Dr. Martin Husovec and Dr. Inge Graef, assistant professors as Tilburg University, Prof. Teresa Scassa from the University of Ottawa, and Prof. Estelle Derclaye from the University of Nottingham. The panel discussed regulatory convergence (e.g. “how should the PSI Directive and the Database Directive interact?”) and recent developments in policy (e.g. the Building a EU Data Economy and Towards a Common European Data Space communications from the Commission) and law (e.g. the recast of the PSI Directive). Lorenzo’s main arguments involved:
Glenn Vancauwenberghe and Bastiaan van Loenen authored the article Governing Open Spatial Data Infrastructures: The Case of the United Kingdom.
In order to facilitate and coordinate the sharing of spatial data, governments worldwide have been developing Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) for many years. Recently, technological, institutional and societal developments have caused these SDIs to shift towards more open infrastructures in which non- governmental actors are embraced as key stakeholders of the infrastructure. This move towards more open SDIs created additional challenges related to the governance of the infrastructure and required the implementation of new and additional governance approaches and instruments. This chapter analyses the governance of the UK open spatial data infrastructure, by examining the different governance instruments used in the past 10 years for governing the relationships and dependencies with non-government actors. The analysis demonstrates how governance of the open spatial data infrastructure in the UK is achieved by combining various traditional governance instruments such as strategic management, joint decision- making, allocation of tasks and competencies, market-based governance and interorganizational culture and knowledge sharing.
KCOD organises on Monday June 17 the half day workshop Towards Open Spatial Data Infrastructures at the AGILE conference 2019.
In this workshop, the concept of Open SDI is introduced to describe characterize the development and implementation of more open spatial data infrastructures. During the workshop the ‘Map of Open SDI in Europe’ will be presented, showing the results of three years of exploration of the openness of NSDI implementation in Europe. This ‘Map of Open SDI in Europe’ is developed to provide SDI decision makers, practitioners and researchers with a more comprehensive understanding of the openness of spatial data infrastructures in Europe. During the workshop, several brainstorm sessions will be organized on each of the key dimensions of Open SDIs. The aim of these brainstorm sessions is to develop the concept of Open SDI further especially in the context of the new EU Directive on Open Data and Public Sector Information and its impact on the openness of SDIs across Europe.
On Friday March 6th, the Knowledge Center Open Data organised the well attended seminar “Reuse of private sector and public sector data” highlighting two recent developments in the European Union and beyond: the processing of machine-generated (non-personal) data and the new EU Open data and Public Sector Information Directive. The seminar included presentations on the data governance in Toronto’s Quayside project, the Dutch sensor register pilot, a recap of the recast of the PSI Directive as well as a presentation on research into open data use and See for the presentations:
On the 8th of November Lorenzo Dalla Corte gave a presentation titled “Scoping Personal Data – Towards a Nuanced Interpretation of the Material Scope of EU Data Protection Law” at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) during a colloquium on data protection. His presentation was about the purported expansive effect of the notion of personal data, and the ways in which it can be kept in check through interpretative means.
Today, the book ‘Open Data Exposed’ by KCOD Bastiaan van Loenen and Glenn Vancauwenberghe together with Joep Crompvoets (KU Leuven) was published online. The main objectives of this book are to expose key aspects that have a relevance when dealing with open data viewed from different perspectives and to provide appealing examples of how open data is implemented worldwide.
In addition to new insights, practical guidance and multiple disciplinary perspectives on open data, the book also addresses the transformation of current developments towards open data, which may be referred to as the democratisation of data.
On October 3rd, KCOD’s Agung Indrajit obtained the best paper award at the GeoDelft conference, a conference consisting of the ISPRS TC IV ‘Spatial Information sciences’ Symposium, the 13th International 3D GeoInfo Conference, the 6th International FIG Workshop on 3D Cadastres, and the 3rd International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities.
The winning paper “Designing Open Spatial Information Infrastructure to Support 3D Urban Planning in Jakarta Smart City” discusses the role of land administration in urban planning and Spatial Information Infrastructure (SII). The article proposes to have spatial planning information as an extension to the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) in order to support spatial planning. The relevance of spatial planning information to be included into LADM is integral to Land Administration System development. 3D Spatial planning along with 3D land administration will provide a complete scene for land tenure, land valuation, land use, and land development to support sustainable development initiatives. Further, the spatial planning extension will contribute to support the UN member countries in obtaining indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals by improving interoperability and by integrating right, restrictions, and responsibilities from spatial planning and land administration which are often resulted from separate processes by different parties.