When geoprivacy is a question of life and death
Vania Ceccato
She is a KTH Professor and national coordinator of the Safeplaces network, a Guest Prof at University of Bor?s, Sweden (20%) (Sept 2024-Oct 2025)
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In this session, we discuss, among other things, the importance of certain privacy routines to ensure the security of traditional communities in remote areas of the Global South. A practical example of the importance of these routines and statistical surveys was during the?COVID-19 pandemic, in which health agencies turned to the Brazilian statistics to estimate the number?of beds and vaccines needed for each municipality in the country. Traditional communities were?treated as priority groups for vaccination and the strategy of distributing beds for health care in?these communities was carried out differently from the rest of the municipality.
About this event
The event - Digital Archives and Geospatial Data: An International Perspective
This seminar will bring together world-leading experts in GIS and Geography, Digital Archives and Data Management to discuss the key challenges to storing and sharing privacy-protected geospatial data in digital archives.
The event will consist of three talks, followed by a discussion. Each talk abstract can be found below:
Chris Gale, Office for National Statistics, UK
"Geospatial ethics for statistics"
Marta Isach Barrionuevo, Barcelona City Council, Spain
"Privacy and geographic data. Barcelona City Council experiences and good practices"
Rafael Castaneda Filho, Fernando Damasco and Mauricio Silva, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazil
"Data sharing and geoprivacy routines in Brazil"
The speakers
Chris Gale?is Head of Geospatial Analysis and Capability at the UK Office for National Statistics. He previously held research roles at the University of Southampton as part of the Administrative Data Research Centre for England (ADRC-E) and at University College London. He also created the 2011 Area Classification for Output Areas (2011 Output Area Classification or 2011 OAC) in partnership with the Office for National Statistics for his PhD at University College London.
Marta Isach Barrionuevo?is Head of the Public Opinion Surveys Department at the Municipal Data Office of the Barcelona City Council.
Rafael Castaneda Filho, Fernando Damasco and Mauricio Silva?work at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Rafael Castaneda Filho is Head of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Fernando Damasco is Director of Traditional Territories and Protected Areas. Mauricio Silva is Technologist in Geographic Information and State.
The seminar will be chaired by David Buil-Gil from the University of Manchester, UK.
Motivation and aim of the Geoprivacy initiative
Research and practice have become increasingly reliant on geodata. This development creates demand for new privacy-preserving ways of data sharing and storage. The characteristics of georeferenced data present unique challenges for digital security and privacy.
The aim of Geoprivacy initiative is to create arenas of discussion about the obstacles and methods for data storage and sharing in order to support a growing geospatial interdisciplinary community of researchers; tight linked to society’s demands. The intention is to promote new collaborations and in the longer term, to build international teams dedicated to research reproducibility and data sharing in line with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Our interdisciplinary team is composed of many disciplines across the three universities (Geography, Criminology, Urban Planning, Economics, Ethics and Philosophy, Data Science and Engineering) in collaboration with practitioners. We draw on our experience and expertise in these areas to discuss challenges of geodata privacy and explore areas for future work on identifying sustainable practice. This seed funding is crucial to strengthen the existent collaborative links between KTH and the University of Manchester in particular.
The videos of our previous can he accessed from the following links:
Our team
KTH team coordinator - Prof. Vania Ceccato, [email protected]
UoM team coordinator - Dr. Reka Solymosi, [email protected]
SU team coordinator - Dr. Ulf Jansson, [email protected]
This seminar is part of the Geoprivacy initiative, a collaborative project between the University of Manchester, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Stockholm University.