COMMON STANDARDS FOR SECURITY, PRIVACY AND COST OF THE SURVEILLANCE OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS

Informations projet

GATHERINGS

N° de convention de subvention: 101121200

DOI

10.3030/101121200

Date de signature de la CE 20 Juillet 2023

Date de début 1 Octobre 2023

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2026

Financé au titre de

• Civil Security for Society

Coût total

Aucune donnée

Contribution de l’UE

€ 2 826 716,25

Coordonné par

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GATHERINGS (COMMON STANDARDS FOR SECURITY, PRIVACY AND COST OF THE SURVEILLANCE OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS)

Période du rapport: 2023-10-01 au 2025-03-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The surveillance of public events and gatherings typically involves the use of multiple technologies, by several stakeholders, often exchanging data among them. This may be problematic, considering the EU focus on the importance of privacy and data protection. We see that there is a lack of fairness and transparency in surveillance assemblages and a lack of information among stakeholders and citizens about applicable rights, surveillance practices and data transfer. We also see that the current level of harmonization in the EU with regard to regulation of privacy and data protection is low. There are serious gaps in knowledge among surveillance professionals about issues related to privacy, data protection, as well as social impact. Tools are inexistent to balance these aspects of security, privacy and cost (economic cost and social impact). Surveillance assemblages are impacting certain social groups asymmetrically, with vulnerable groups often targeted and affected more heavily.
The first overarching purpose of the GATHERINGS project consists of three ambitions: 1) to improve the efficacy of surveillance in order to render public gatherings safer; 2) to increase the fairness and transparency of surveillance by making it more privacy-friendly, 3) to boost feasibility of surveillance for involved stakeholder by making it more cost-effective, both economically and socially. The second overarching purpose is to identify gaps in terms of awareness among professionals and citizens, and bringing about international harmonisation of good practices and common standards with regard to the privacy-friendly, socially sensitive, cost-effective surveillance of safer public gatherings.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

WP1: Management and Coordination: ongoing, with deliverables D1.1 Ethics and Data management plan, D1.2. Project management and risk assessment plan, and D1.3 Progress report, as deliverables.
WP2: Mapping and evaluation of surveillance practices of public gatherings EU-wide, fully completed, with deliverable 2.1: Surveillance Impact Report
WP3: Striking a balance between security, privacy, and costs of surveillance, fully completed, with deliverable 3.1: Privacy-Security-cost Matrix
WP4: Setting up (an online) Surveillance CoP Network: ongoing, with deliverable 4.1: CoP Network Kick-Off Meeting.
WP5: Good practices and common standards, ongoing.
WP6: Development of Awareness-Raising Programmes for Local Surveillance Professionals and Citizens: ongoing, with Deliverable 6.1: Database of Practical Knowledge
WP7: Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation, fully completed, with CDE Plan (7.1) and Updated CDE Plan (7.2) as deliverables

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Expected outcomes
• Improved understanding by local authorities, operators and policy makers of the effect of large- scale surveillance of public spaces on the behaviour of citizens and possible negative effects on local communities
• Enhanced transparency for citizens on different forms of surveillance by Police Authorities, local authorities and private actors in public spaces, and increased awareness of applicable rights towards operators of such systems
• Focus on diversity issues and vulnerable populations
• Improved protection of public spaces without the need for 24/7 data collection and storage
• Set of common standards and good practices by local authorities, operators and policy makers for internal access restriction, anonymization and data minimization allowing a proportionate use of surveillance of public spaces.

Two key outputs support uptake:
1. Surveillance Impact Report (D2.1): Offers a comprehensive review of surveillance’s privacy, security, and socio-economic impacts, highlighting disparities across Member States and promoting harmonised, ethical data practices.
2. Security-Privacy-Cost Matrix (D3.1): A decision-support tool balancing security, privacy, cost, and social impact for public events. It promotes inter-agency collaboration, EU-level harmonisation, and requires validation, commercialisation, and IPR support for broader adoption.

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