News
New collaboration with the European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor - December 29, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt publishes 'A Philosophy of Technology for Computational Law’ - December 17, 2020
New PhD Vacancy in the area of data protection in Belgium (Deadline: 15 January 2021) - December 16, 2020
Next edition of Gender, Technology and Law Sessions (February - April 2021) - December 15, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt speaks at online conference 'Doing AI the European way: Protecting fundamental rights in an era of artificial intelligence' - December 14, 2020
Proportionality has come to the GDPR: New blogpost by Dariusz Kloza and Laura Drechsler - December 9, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt in the Hall of Fame of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics - December 9, 2020
The EU Regulatory state and an ecosystem of trust: Prof. Paul de Hert keynoting in the 3rd Istanbul Privacy Symposium - December 2, 2020
Expert guidance on Data Protection Impact Assessment for the telecommunications sector in Belgium - November 26, 2020
Legal personality and AI software systems: New blogpost by Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Paul de Hert - November 25, 2020
Privacy Camp 2021 Call for panels: Digital rights for change: Reclaiming infrastructures, repairing the future - November 20, 2020
Statements by Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Franck Dumortier on targeted advertising regulation in Digital Privacy News - November 19, 2020
New publication: Framing Big Data in the Council of Europe and the EU data protection law systems
Launch of the ‘Journal of Cross-disciplinary Research in Computational Law’ - November 12, 2020
CPDP2021: Registration is now open! - November 10, 2020
STAR II: New article about awareness raising duties of data protection authorities (DPAs), by Lina Jasmontaite - November 10, 2020
d.pia.lab Policy Brief Series now available in Greek language - November 9, 2020
Rosamunde van Brakel writes about ADM systems in Belgium in the new Automating Society Report 2020 - November 5, 2020
Laura Drechsler in the cross-sectoral roundtable on International Transfer of Health Data (recorded webinar) - October 30, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt published 'Computationeel tegenspel: de nieuwe ruimte van het recht' - October 27, 2020
Bulk data interception/retention judgments of the CJEU – A victory and a defeat for privacy, by Juraj Sajfert - October 27, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt gives a public lecture on ‘Legal Effect in Computational Law’ (Online, 11 Nov 2020) - October 26, 2020
Online Dispute Resolution: The Perspective of Service Providers, by Dr. Marco Giacalone and Sajedeh Salehi - October 20, 2020
Dr. Marco Giacalone and Sajedeh Salehi publish new paper on the European Small Claims Procedure in Italy and Belgium - October 20, 2020
New ‘Digital Services Act in Perspective’ Seminar Series kicking off on 27 October 2020 - October 16, 2020
Gender, Technology and Law Sessions October - December 2020 - October 12, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt speaks at the public seminar 'Légiférer le risque' (Online, 14 Oct 2020) - October 12, 2020
VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies series of seminars: Silencing across borders with Marcus Michaelsen (23 October 2020) - October 9, 2020
Join Prof. Peter Burgess for the 2020-21 re-launch of the L(S)STS sessions! - October 8, 2020
Prof. González Fuster speaks at the 5th EDEN Event on Data Protection in Law Enforcement (Online, 15 October 2020) - October 8, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt keynoting at INTERSCT2020 - October 5, 2020
Mind reading via EEG – legal, ethical and practical matters (Webinar, 4 November 2020) - October 2, 2020
PERSONA "Handbook of integrated Impact Assessment: the case of new technologies for border control" upcoming early 2021 - October 1, 2020
VUB Today interviews Prof. van Brakel about the Coronalert app - September 30, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt gives a talk on Legal Protection by Design at Utrecht Data School - September 28, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt to speak at 'Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble' book launch @Bozar - September 21, 2020
d.pia.lab Policy Brief #3: developing a template for a report from the data protection impact assessment process - September 18, 2020
The Brussels Privacy Hub has been nominated for a #GoodID Award - Vote before 22 October 2020! - September 18, 2020
List of publications concerning COVID-19 and data protection law: LSTS resources - September 16, 2020
István Böröcz and Juraj Sajfert at the international SOLAIR Conference (10-11 September 2020) - September 9, 2020
Laura Drechsler: Recent CJEU case law related to the privacy of electronic communications data (ERA Summer Course, 8 September 2020) - September 2, 2020
Call for Papers CPDP2021 – Enforcing Rights in a Changing World - September 2, 2020
Covid-19 and International Law: Gloria González Fuster (online event, 10 September 2020) - September 2, 2020
New Freedom House report: Essay by Dr. Michaelsen on methods of digital repression across borders - September 1, 2020
LSTS Researchers to Speak at EASST/4S Conference - August 18, 2020
PhD Thesis defence: Gianclaudio Malgieri (31 August 2020) - August 12, 2020
Contribution of Prof. Dr. van Brakel to the Interfederal Working Group on the Belgian contact-tracing app and launch of public consultation - August 5, 2020
Prof. Vagelis Papakonstantinou was appointed Chair of the Evaluation Committee for the 4th Greek National Inventor Awards - August 5, 2020
New PhD Vacancy in the Health and Ageing Law Lab (Deadline: 28 August 2020) - August 5, 2020
Study on 'Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement - Impact on Fundamental Rights', authored by Gloria González Fuster for the LIBE Committee - July 24, 2020
Repair Café for Digital Rights - July 21, 2020
The Italian COVID-19 Exposure Alert App: history and legal issues of “Immuni” by Gianclaudio Malgieri - July 20, 2020
Call to support the collective dimension of the GDPR by René Mahieu and Jef Ausloos - July 7, 2020
Anastasiya Kiseleva receives EUTOPIA scholarship for Joint PhD project on AI transparency in healthcare - July 6, 2020
New publication on surveillance, privacy and COVID-19 by Rosamunde Van Brakel and Paul De Hert - July 1, 2020
New PhD Vacancy on Big Data, Democracy and Fundamental Rights (Deadline: 16 August 2020) - June 30, 2020
Public consultation on the draft d.pia.lab policy brief #3: a proposal for a template for a report from the DPIA process - June 30, 2020
New publication: Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy - June 30, 2020
New Special Issue of the Computer Law and Security Review on Legal and Ethical Challenges of Data Processing in the research field - June 26, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt on 'Living with an Endemic Virus: EU Data Protection Law' (Online event) - June 11, 2020
Webinar on legal, ethical and societal challenges posed by AI and biometric technologies in LEAs (18-19 June 2020) - June 5, 2020
'How to collect consent without creating consent fatigue?': Paul De Hert and Gianclaudio Malgieri (Webinar, 4 June 2020) - June 4, 2020
CPDP2021 Call for Panels: Enforcing Rights in a Changing World - June 3, 2020
Launch of the Awareness Raising Campaign for SMEs (ARC) project - June 1, 2020
PERSONA Training on the Concept of Impact Assessment - May 28, 2020
Release of the 2nd Edition of the Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action - May 27, 2020
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt on 'Machines in the Loop: Smart for Whom?' - May 25, 2020
Implementation of the European Small Claims Procedure in Belgium (Webinar, 26 May 2020) - May 22, 2020
The Continuing Challenge of AI & Data Protection Law amid the COVID-19 crisis: Mireille Hildebrandt & Gloria González Fuster - May 15, 2020
Vulnerable data subjects: New publication by Gianclaudio Malgieri and Jedrzej Niklas - May 15, 2020
New PhD vacancy on theories of legal argumentations: AI in private law (Deadline: 31 July 2020) - May 15, 2020
Gianclaudio Malgieri on myth and realities of accountable AI @LegalEDHEC webinar (13 May 2020) - May 11, 2020
Prof Mireille Hildebrandt on the European Commission's White Paper on AI - May 7, 2020
Sara Mendes Roda on Digital Rights and Data Protection at the age of coronavirus @PANELFIT Monthly Chat (6 May 2020) - May 5, 2020
Prof. Gloria González Fuster on Privacy and individual liberties in the COVID-19 crisis (Webinar, 5 May 2020) - May 4, 2020
Corona-virus tracking apps and the APPLE GOOGLE move - May 4, 2020
New publication by Anastasiya Kiseleva on AI as a Medical Device, transparency and accountability - April 30, 2020
Online Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2020: Confronting the new Challenges - April 23, 2020
Launch of the ‘Online Dispute Resolution, Privacy & Personal Data Protection’ sub-group at the European Law Institute - April 15, 2020
Fundamental rights more important than ever: Opinion by LSTS co-directors, Prof. González Fuster and Prof. Hildebrandt - April 9, 2020
Data protection law and the COVID-19 outbreak: New page with useful resources on LSTS website! - March 17, 2020
LSTS Books of the years 2016-2019 now on the LSTS website! - March 16, 2020
Olga Gkotsopoulou at ALL DIGITAL Week launch event 2020: Fake news and media literacy (Brussels, 10 March 2020) - March 4, 2020
[POSTPONED] Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL: Petra Molnar @Gender, Technology & Law sessions (1 April 2020, Brussels) - March 3, 2020
New publication on the silencing effect of digital transnational repression - March 2, 2020
Facial Recognition in Law enforcement: Rosamunde van Brakel @Brussels (4 March 2020) - March 2, 2020
Registrations are now open for the Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2020! - February 25, 2020
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 - February 21, 2020
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 - February 21, 2020
AI as a medical device: Anastasiya Kiseleva at CiTiP (KU Leuven, 28 February) - February 17, 2020
The ethics of cybersecurity: Cybersecurity regulation in the EU - February 12, 2020
Algorithmic Impact Assessment: Gianclaudio Malgieri at FTC and US Senate (Washington DC, 6 February 2020) - February 6, 2020
Nemesis: Marco Giacalone awarded MSCA Individual Fellowship for his research on Online Dispute Resolution - February 5, 2020
New PhD Vacancy on e-Health and human enhancement - January 31, 2020
The exposed psyche and the constitutional ambiguities of mind-reading: István Böröcz @LAILEC 2020 (Leuven, 18 February) - January 28, 2020
LSTS present at ACM FAT*2020 Conference in Barcelona (27-30 January 2020) - January 27, 2020
Legal and technical challenges of explainable AI: Gianclaudio Malgieri at CERRE Executive Seminar (Brussels, 21 January 2020) - January 20, 2020
New PhD Position on Democratic Governance of Surveillance [extended deadline] - January 20, 2020
Fairness, Computation and the GDPR | ALTEP-DP Kick-off event (Brussels, 20 January 2020) - January 9, 2020
Prof Hildebrandt speaks on 'Consequences of artificial intelligence and blockchain for the law' - January 9, 2020
New research project on surveillance and transnational repression - January 8, 2020
Irene Kamara holds seminar on Data Protection certification (TILT, 15 January 2020) - January 8, 2020
Archived Events
- Gender, Technology and Law Session: Sara De Vido on International and European Legal Perspectives on Online Gender-Based Violence Against Women
- Webinar: Implementation of the European Small Claims Procedure in Belgium - Challenges and Opportunities
- Data Protection in the Time of COVID-19: Launch of the second edition of the Data Protection Handbook for Humanitarian Action
- The Promise of “Blockchain”: DLT-based applications re-shape data storage and sharing, but can they be compliant with the EU data protection law?
- WRG: Johannes Thumfart - Six Fundamental Challenges to State Sovereignty in the Digital Age: A Descriptive and Normative Analysis
- Follow the Sun: A Digital Launch of the Data Protection Handbook (2nd ed.)
- Making the General Data Protection regulation simple for Small and Medium-sized enterprises
- PhD Defence Gianclaudio Malgieri 'Data subjects in the GDPR and the Protection of Vulnerable Individuals'
- WRG: Alberto Miglio - The territorial scope or remedial jurisdiction in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Specifying the GDPR on Germany
- Mind reading via EEG – legal, ethical and practical matters
- L(S)STS session on “the mystical origins of law” with Prof. Peter Burgess
- VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies Seminar on 'Silencing across borders' with Marcus Michaelsen
- WRG: Liisa Janssens - Autonomy in vehicles and human beings: 'mapping territory'
- Gender, Technology and Law Session: Gianclaudio Malgieri on vulnerability and gender in data protection
- DSA in Perspective: The expansion of content moderation
- DSA in Perspective: Going Solo? Sense and Sensibility of National Platform Laws in Light of the DSA Drafting Process
- DSA in Perspective: Towards Smarter Regulation in the Areas of Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law: Why Greater Power Should Come with Greater Responsibility
- DSA in Perspective: The Janus Face of Online Censorship
- The CJEU judgments in Privacy International and La Quadrature du Net and others - the return of the walking dead?
- Meet the Author Series: Web Privacy Measurement and the Power of online tracking technologies (Dr Rob Van Eijk)
- L(S)STS session on 'What's wrong with 'universality'? A discussion on race, rights, and epistemic violence' with Imge Ozcan
- 4th Annual Brussels Privacy Virtual Symposium 2020 - Research and the Protection of Personal Data under the GDPR
- Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral seminar with guest speaker Svetlana Yakovleva on 'Governing Cross-Border Data Flows: Reconciling EU Data Protection and International Trade Law'
- L(S)STS session on 'Magic (!)' with Laurent de Sutter
- Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2020
- Territories of Exception: The Architecture of State Violence in Rio De Janeiro
- CANCELLED: Urban Interfaces: Media, Art and Performance as Platforms for Creativity and Criticality
- CANCELLED: Pluralism for Data Driven Cities and the Division of Learning
- L(S)STS gathering on "Making data European (Or how to study security database interoperability in terms of frictions and archiving processes)" animated by Rocco Bellanova (UvA)
- L(s)STS gathering with Olga Gkotsopoulou | COVID-19 related digital apps and data protection law: a conversation
- Gender, Law and Technology on "Sex robots through the feminist lenses" by Carlotta Rigotti
- WRG: Robert Riemann on "Make Websites Privacy Friendly Again!"
- CPDP 2020 - Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence
- PrivacyCamp20: Technology and Activism
- Pre-CPDP event: ‘State surveillance and the evolution of the ePrivacy reform: the hidden agenda behind a fundamental rights instrument’
- Fairness, Computation and the GDPR
- Stadssalonsurbains Roundtable on Cities, Data and Platform Labour at the CPDP 2020
- Francqui Chair lectures: Inaugural lecture by Serge Gutwirth
- L(S)STS gathering with Laurence Diver on 'Computational legalism vs. critical code studies'
- Launch of VUB Research Chair in Surveillance Studies
- CPDP2020 Panel: Ethics and Law in Data Protection
- Gender, Technology & Law -session on gendered law making: the case of human trafficking, by Amy Weatherburn
- L&C Talk - "EU operational powers and legal protection. A legal theory perspective on the operational powers of the European Border and Coast Guards"
- Digital Data Master Flow Class n. 6: Facial Recognition
- Gender, Technology & Law session: Petra Molnar on Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL
- Investigating assessment methods for no-gate crossing technologies at European borders: A comparison between PERSONA’s, TRESSPASS’ and SMILE’s approaches
- Brussels Privacy Hub - Doctoral seminar with Irene Kamara on 'Misaligned Union laws? A comparative analysis of private law instruments in the Cybersecurity Act and the General Data Protection Regulation'
- L(S)STS seminar with Gianmarco Gori on 'Being able to see: conflict, imagination and the ethos of Artificial Legal Intelligence. Some remarks inspired by the Greek tragedy Antigone'