During the forthcoming CPDP Data Protection and Democracy conference, this panel addresses ethical issues and civil rights in smart cities. Panellists are William Webster (University of Stirling, UK), Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Utrecht University, NL), Max von Grafenstein (University of the Arts Berlin), Sara Degli-Esposti (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ES), David Murakami Wood (Queens University, CAN)