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Bridging privacy and information policy differences by finding common ground is at the center of the program scheduled from February 10-12, 2016 in Washington, D.C., and is directly supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Europeans and Americans bring to data and information policy debates differing cultural values, differing regulatory histories, and differing legal traditions. Yet, Europeans and Americans have time-and-again overcome policy differences by rediscovering cultural and institutional common ground. Participants collectively sought strategies to enable access to information, protect the privacy of citizens (including the “right to be forgotten”), spur competition among information providers, encourage electronic marketplaces, ensure national security and law enforcement, and promote transatlantic data flows.
The transatlantic digital agenda is key to a 21st Century liberalized, predictable and fair trade regime. Dr. Andreas Schwab MEP and Marian Wendt MdB are leading a German delegation to Washington DC to discuss how to move forward on some of the more controversial digital issues that seem to sow a feeling of disconnect. The facets of this topic will be illuminated in a dialogue program in Washington, which the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is organizing.
