D7.3 Information sharing policies in disaster situations - Version 1

Information sharing in disaster situations is potentially crucial for relief and the prevention of further damage. ECOSSIAN aims to develop prevention and detection tools that facilitate preventive functions like threat monitoring, early indicator and real threat detection, alerting, support of threat mitigation and disaster management in a privacy compliant manner. In order to adequately comprehend the legal implications of sharing information regarding the ECOSSIAN solution one must have a detailed understanding of information sharing in the broader context of disaster management. The purpose of this deliverable is to provide an outline of the requirements and policies associated with information sharing in disaster situations in the context of ECOSSIAN. Chapter 2 will first examine the current disaster management framework in the context of critical infrastructures (‘Disaster management’). Chapter 3 will focus on the legal framework for information sharing (‘Legal framework for information sharing’). Chapter 4 will assess the barriers to information sharing (Legal barriers to information sharing). The analysis provided in Chapters 2, 3 and 4 will then be applied in Chapter 5 to the context of ECOSSIAN (‘Impact on ECOSSIAN). Chapter 6 will provide guidance on the implementation of the identified requirements and finally Chapter 7 will conclude the analysis