Day 2 Session 2: Privacy, surveillance and data protection

Time: 5:00 UTC - 6:30 UTC

Objective: In this session, participants will learn to examine the different facets of individual privacy in the digital age and the regulations designed to protect these rights. They will investigate the impact of emerging technologies on decisional privacy by considering the various forms of surveillance currently deployed in society alongside the enabling legal frameworks. This session will further focus on the rise of surveillance-related policies and their implications for the protection and promotion of digital rights.

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The session will aim to cover questions such as:

• What is privacy in the digital age and why is it important?
• What are the ways in which the internet and other digital technologies are being used to infringe privacy and engage in surveillance?
• What are the legal and regulatory frameworks in Southeast Asia that protect privacy, including data protection laws? What are the challenges and gaps?
• What are the ways in which legal frameworks in Southeast Asia are being used to enable surveillance?
• What is the impact of such policies on freedom of expression, assembly and association and other rights, esp for marginalised groups?

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