LAW, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (LSTS) RESEARCH GROUP

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Welcome to the website of the interdisciplinary Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), focusing upon the articulations of law, science, technology, ethics and society. 

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Tuesday 25 February

Registrations are now open for the Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2020!

[Education] Registrations are now open for the Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law in Brussels! The deadlines for registration are as follows: Early bird registration: Friday 3 April 2020 Standard...

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Friday 21 February

d.pia.lab Policy Brief No. 1/2019 "Towards a method for data protection impact assessment: Making sense of GDPR requirements" is now available in German.

[Publication] d.pia.lab Policy Brief No. 1/2019 "Towards a method for data protection impact assessment: Making sense of GDPR requirements" is now available in German. It can be downloaded via the...

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Friday 21 February

Investigating assessment methods for no-gate crossing technologies at European borders: A comparison between PERSONA’s, TRESSPASS’ and SMILE’s approaches Brussels, 5-6 March 2020

This workshop is part of the collaboration between the EU H2020 research projects Privacy, Ethical, Regulatory, and Social No-gate Crossing Point Solutions Acceptance ( PERSONA , coordinated by VUB...

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Monday 17 February

AI as a medical device: Anastasiya Kiseleva at CiTiP (KU Leuven, 28 February)

[Talk] Anastasiya Kiseleva is invited to present at the Centre for IT and IP Law at KU Leuven (CiTiP) . She will speak about her research on "Artificial Intelligence as a Medical Device: Is It Enough...

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Wednesday 12 February

The ethics of cybersecurity: Cybersecurity regulation in the EU

[Publication] Prof Gloria González Fuster and researcher Lina Jasmontaite participate with a chapter on “Cybersecurity Regulation in the European Union: The Digital, the Critical and Fundamental...

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Upcoming events

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Thursday 27 February from 12:00 to 14:00

L&C Talk - "EU operational powers and legal protection. A legal theory perspective on the operational powers of the European Border and Coast Guards"

L&C Talk - "EU operational powers and legal protection. A legal theory perspective on the operational powers of the European Border and Coast Guards" by Bas Schotel, introduced by Serge Gutwirth...

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Thursday 27 February from 16:00 to 18:00

Digital Data Master Flow Class n. 6: Facial Recognition

Registration has opened for Class 6 of Digital Data Flows Masterclass, Future of Privacy Forum’s yearlong educational program designed to help policymakers, regulators, and staff better understand...

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From Thursday 5 March at 9:00 to Friday 6 March at 14:00

Investigating assessment methods for no-gate crossing technologies at European borders: A comparison between PERSONA’s, TRESSPASS’ and SMILE’s approaches

This workshop is part of the collaboration between the EU H2020 research projects Privacy, Ethical, Regulatory, and Social No-gate Crossing Point Solutions Acceptance ( PERSONA , coordinated by VUB...

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Friday 6 March from 9:30 to 17:00

The GDPR and International Organisations: Issues of EU law and Public International Law

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has implications for the work of international organisations, which raises fundamental questions about the relationship between EU law and public...

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Thursday 12 March from 12:00 to 14:00

"Specifying the GDPR: Member States perspectives" series - Germany

‘One continent, one law’ is a motto that has been connected to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to emphasize its key role for overcoming the fragmentation of the European Union (EU) data...

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