Conferences and workshops

This presentation explores how defence and security forces can use personal data personal data within legal and ethical frameworks. It highlights modern collection techniques, such as pseudonymous surveys and the use of technological tools such as MCCatcher and Celebrate, while stressing the importance of preserving individual privacy. He also addressed the specific challenges facing African countries, particularly in terms of data sovereignty, and proposes solutions such as the creation of national data centres and the strengthening of technical skills. Finally, it stresses the strategic, economic and security role of data, as well as its controlled management to meet the needs of justice and public security.

This presentation explores how personal data management and protection can be approached in a local and global context, focusing on the importance of raising awareness before adopting technical measures. It illustrates how technology companies such as Meta and Google, exploit data to influence user behaviour, often without their knowledge, while highlighting the specific challenges faced in Senegal, such as the massive collection of data via imported smartphones. The speaker stressed the importance of creating a collective awareness of the management of personal data, while illustrating the potential risks, such as during the Ebola epidemic in 2014, when mobility data was used to anticipate the spread of the disease. Finally, it it stresses the need for a strict framework for the use of data in order to protect privacy while guaranteeing public security.

This talk explores how collective awareness and commitment to protecting personal data can be built throughout the information management process, from its definition and collection to its use and storage. It stresses the importance of considering the impact of personal data on privacy, involving all stakeholders, including students , professionals and institutions , in understanding these issues. She emphasised the importance of thinking about the future in a proactive and thoughtful way, training a generation capable of positively influencing decisions relating to data management and artificial intelligence, while remaining aware of their responsibility for the development of future societies.

This talk explores how the various players – legal, technological and institutional- can work together to strengthen the protection of personal data in Africa, can work together to strengthen the protection of personal data in Africa. Focusing on the issues of digital sovereignty and digital colonisation, the speaker addresses the challenges linked to the definition and use of personal data. It stresses the needfor collective awareness and harmonised regulation, involving all stakeholders, to ensure adequate protection of personal data. Finally, he stressed the importance of introducing more robust and unified national and African legislation to effectively protect data while respecting individual rights in the digital world.

This talk looks at how African stakeholders, particularly academics and students, can play a central role in the protection of personal data in Africa. By focusing on raising awareness of data management from the outset, involving local and international stakeholders, and promoting local solutions adapted to African contexts, it highlights the importance of collaboration and innovation in guaranteeing the continent’s digital sovereignty. The speaker called for a proactive and inclusive approach, aimed at building local capacity and raising awareness in the scientific community and society at large of the crucial issues at stake in data protection.

This talk highlights the importance of including young people in the debate on personal data protection and the digital age. It explores how institutions, universities and civil society can work together to bridge the digital divide, by actively involving young people in awareness-raising and education on these crucial issues. The speaker argues for bold structural reforms, aimed at strengthening understanding of digital risks, including cyberstalking and the exploitation of personal data, while encouraging individual and collective responsibility. Finally, he stresses the importance of young people’s involvement in promoting a safer, more democratic digital environment for the future of society.

This talk explores how the university community can promote collective awareness of the issues involved in protecting personal data throughout the educational process, by raising students’ awareness right from the start of their training, actively involving them in discussions on digital security, and preparing them for emerging professions in the field of data protection, such as that of Data Protection Officer (DPO). The speaker stresses the importance of an ongoing commitment to awareness-raising and training to prepare students to deal with the risks associated with digital technologies, while emphasizing the importance of protecting data as a valuable resource in the digital age.

This talk highlights the crucial issues surrounding the protection of personal data, underlining its importance for students and calling for a collective awareness of the risks associated with the use of digital technologies in everyday life. The speaker explores how data, as a valuable resource, is collected and used by companies and public authorities, often without the knowledge of individuals. He also discusses emerging careers linked to digital law, such as that of Data Protection Officer (DPO), encouraging students to become actively involved in these expanding fields. The speaker emphasizes the need to continually educate and raise public awareness of digital issues, while stressing the importance of strict regulation, particularly in the context of the risks of data manipulation during important events such as elections. Finally, it calls for cooperation between public, private and educational institutions to strengthen legislation and regulation of personal data, in order to guarantee better protection for the public, particularly against abuse and security breaches in unregulated sectors.