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Data right is a human right

The Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted how some companies were exploiting our personal data. How can the general public be made aware of the need to protect their data?

This event will take place as planned, upon registration: https://graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/great-hack

Cambridge Analytica, a company founded by representatives of the American far right, has siphoned off and used thousands of personal data records to influence the outcome of elections, be it in the US, Brazil, the UK or India. How do you protect your personal data in a world of social media, applications and search engines that capitalize on the very use of this data? Are we sufficiently aware of the consequences for democracy of the fraudulent use of data?
The Great Hack sheds light on the dark world of computer data exploitation through the testimonies of the various stakeholders involved in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Paul-Olivier Dehaye and David Caroll, who will participate in the discussion, are two of the main protagonists of the film.

Digital

Tuesday 10 March

18:30

Maison de la Paix

Co-presented by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Introduction

Barbara Schedler Fischer Head a.i. of the Human Security Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Speakers

David Carroll Associate Professor of media design, Parsons The New School for Design

Paul-Olivier Dehaye Mathematician and co-founder of "PersonalData.IO"

Stéphane Duguin Chief Executive Officer of the CyberPeace Institute.

Moderated by

Shalini Randeria Professeur of Anthropolgy and Sociology, Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, IHEID

This debat is preceded by the movie:

Film thématique

The Great Hack

By Karim Amer & Jehane Noujaim

The Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted how some companies were exploiting our personal data. How can the general public be made aware of the need to protect their data? Cambridge Analytica, a company founded by representatives of the American hard right, has siphoned off and used thousands of personal data records to influence the outcome of elections, whether in the US, Brazil, the UK or India. How do you protect your personal data in the world of social media, applications and search engines that capitalize on the very use of this data? Are we sufficiently aware of the consequences for democracy of the fraudulent use of data? The Great Hack sheds light on the dark world of computer data exploitation through the testimonies of the various stakeholders involved in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Paul-Olivier Dehaye and David Caroll, who will participate in the discussion, are two of the main protagonists of the film.