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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.

News

Thursday 17 June

Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt discusses the EU Digital Strategy at IAPP panel (16 June 2021)

The EU Digital Strategy sketches an ambitious approach to sculpt Europe's digital future - covering areas and issues as diverse as the digital economy and value extraction from industrial data, to...

Wednesday 16 June

Gloria González Fuster at 'Privacy Rights and Data Flows – A Conversation with Max Schrems'

On June 24, 2021, 11:30 - 12:30 am ET (5:30 - 6:30 pm CEST) , Prof. Dr. Gloria González Fuster is invited to speak in the event 'Privacy Rights and Data Flows – A Conversation with Max Schrems '. The...

Monday 14 June

Rosamunde Van Brakel at ERA seminar: 'AI in criminal intelligence: how effective can a predictive machine-learning approach be?'

On 16 June 2021 , Prof Rosamunde Van Brakel will give a presentation titled 'AI in criminal intelligence: how effective can a predictive machine-learning approach be? ' The talk is part of the ERA...

Friday 11 June

Gloria González Fuster at the Annual Meeting of the ACT Project

LSTS co-director, Prof. Dr. Gloria González Fuster will chair a session on ' Does the Future of AI Regulation Look Like? EU, USA and Canada Perspectives ' on 15 June 2021 at the Annual Meeting of the...

Wednesday 9 June

CPDP2022 Call for Panels: Data Protection in a Post-Pandemic World

CPDP is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and the CPDP team will follow recommendations concerning travel and public events. At this time, the team is continuing preparations for CPDP2022 to...

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Upcoming events

Thursday 17 June from 15:00 to 16:30

VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies Seminar on 'Surveillance as Spatial Injustice: The Case of Iran' with Azadeh Akbari

This seminar will be hosted by the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies . It will focus on 'Surveillance as Spatial Injustice: The Case of Iran' and feature guest speaker Azadeh Akbari . For more...

Thursday 17 June from 17:00 to 18:30

Repair Café for Digital Rights Talk - The Platform Economy

Currently, platform workers are fighting Uber in the Amsterdam court, over the use of their GDPR rights, to collectively gain more agency over their situation. The decision by the court in first...

From Monday 21 June at 9:00 to Friday 25 June at 17:00

Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2021 - International data flows: Moving challenges, new solutions?

The regulation of personal data transfers has been a prime concern for privacy and data protection law for decades, and is nowadays more important and challenging than ever. The follow-up to the ‘...

Monday 28 June from 17:00 to 18:30

Brussels Privacy Hub Tech Talks: #5 Secure Multi-Party Computing

Starting from the challenge to teach "Computer Science to lawyers and other folks", the Brussels Privacy Hub launches a series of Tech Talks: cutting-edge technologies explained by computer engineers...

Monday 28 June from 18:00 to 19:00

3rd Repair Café for Digital Rights

The 3rd Repair Café for Digital Rights will take place on 28 June 2021, 18:00 - 19:00. The Repair Cafés for Digital Rights - Brussels will take place every last Monday of the month from 18:00-19:00...

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