[Consultancy/Report] Between September 2018 and October 2020, the d.pia.lab (Brussels Laboratory for Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessments), part of VUB-LSTS, has provided its external...
[Blogpost] On 25 November 2020, Professors Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Paul de Hert published a new blogpost on the European Law Blog. In their blogpost entitled ' Refusing to award legal...
[Call for panels] The 9 th edition of Privacy Camp explores the relations between digitalisation, digital rights and infrastructures. 2020 has highlighted the importance of digital infrastructures...
[News] Statements by Prof. Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Franck Dumortier were included in the article 'EU proposals could restrict targeted ads' (16 November 2020), hosted on the Digital Privacy News...
[Publication] LSTS Professors Paul de Hert and Vagelis Papakonstantinou co-authored a new publication ' Framing Big Data in the Council of Europe and the EU data protection law systems: Adding ‘...
[Talk, Book] LSTS researcher and MSCA fellow Andrés Chomczyk will participate in the presentation of the book ‘Fintech: Aspectos Legales’ (Fintech Law) (volumes III and IV) to discuss his chapter...
The team of the ERC Advanced Grant Counting as a Human Being in the Era of Computational Law (COHUBICOL) awarded to Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt is delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of...
[CPDP2021] The registration for CPDP2021 is now open! You can register and find more practical information here . The early bird rates will last till 10 December 2020. An updated preliminary...
[Publication] Lina Jasmontaite co-authored an article examining awareness raising duties of data protection authorities (DPAs) in European Data Protection Law Review . Based on the findings of...
Over the past 3 years, the d.pia.lab has been working on the ‘architecture’ for impact assessment, especially in the field of personal data protection, and to that end, it has issued 3 Policy briefs...
[Publication] Prof. Rosamunde van Brakel contributed to the Automating Society Report 2020 , providing her insights in the section about Belgium. The full report is hosted on the AlgorithmWatch...
[Roundtable] On 16 October 2020, FWO aspirant and LSTS researcher Laura Drechsler participated as panelist in the cross sectoral roundtable on International Transfer of Health Data . The event was...
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt published 'Computationeel tegenspel: de nieuwe ruimte van het recht' in Actioma . In this article, she reflects on code-driven law, which is about to play an increasingly...
[Blogpost] On 26 October 2020, LSTS researcher Juraj Sajfert published his new blogpost ' Bulk data interception/retention judgments of the CJEU – A victory and a defeat for privacy' . The blogpost...
On 11 November 2020, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt gives a public lecture on Legal Effect in Computational Law in the series Shifting Powers due to Algorithms and AI , organised by the ‘Normative Orders...
[New book] Dr. Marco Giacalone and PhD candidate Sajedeh Salehi have contributed to a chapter in the e-book on ‘Algorithmic Conflict Resolution: Fair and Equitable Algorithms in Private Law’, Where...
[Article] Dr. Marco Giacalone and PhD candidate Sajedeh Salehi have published a new article on ‘The European Small Claims Procedure: Implementation and Enforcement Revisited in Italy and Belgium’...
[Series of seminars] The responsibilities of online platforms, competition and antitrust rules, the fight against illegal content and disinformation online are at the top of the European Union’s...
[Series of sessions] The Gender, Technology & Law research group is happy to announce a new series of online sessions to take place in October, November and December 2020. The Gender, Technology...
On 14 October 2020, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will speak at the public seminar Légiférer le risque on ‘Risk reduction as a legal obligation’ and will engage in a discussion with Boris Vallaud,...
[Series of seminars] The VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies presents its second seminar on 23 October 2020. Dr. Marcus Michaelsen will speak about 'Silencing across borders: Surveillance and digital...
[Series of events] Where has the magic gone? Modern legal thought as always had a clumsy and uncomfortable relationship to Max Weber’s famous slogan that modernity is the ‘disenchantment of the world...
[Event] On 15 October 2020, Prof. Gloria González Fuster will participate in the panel 'Show us your face , we tell you who you are? F acial recognition in criminal investigations' (15:00-15:45 CEST...
[Keynote] On 15 October 2020, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will give a keynote at the (virtual) 2020 edition of INTERSECT. Conference on Cyber Security of Internet-of-Things . In this keynote, she will...
[Event] On 4 November 2020, the Brussels Privacy Hub and the Health and Ageing Law Lab will hold a webinar entitled " Mind reading via EEG – legal, ethical and practical matters " . Human evolution...
The VUB has concluded a contract with ASP Editions to publish the PERSONA project "Handbook of integrated Impact Assessment: the case of new technologies for border control", under the editorship of...
[Interview] Professor Rosamunde Van Brakel , as holder of the Chair of Surveillance Studies and member of the interfederal working group in charge of the development of the contract-tracing app...
[Talk] On 29 September 2020, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt gives a talk on ‘Legal Protection by Design’ hosted by the special interest group Principles by design (Governing the Digital Society), Utrecht...
[Event] On Friday 25 September 2020, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will speak at the launch of the Book 'Go with the Flow and Stay with the Trouble'. In the framework of the opening of the exhibition...
[Publication] On 11 September 2020, the d.pia.lab (Brussels Laboratory for Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessments) published their 3rd Policy Brief: "Data protection impact assessment in the...
[Award nomination] Convened by Omidyar Network, Good ID is a global movement for good digital identity, made up of individuals, businesses, and governments who campaign for digital dignity, data...
[Publications] Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, several LSTS researchers authored a number of articles, book chapters, commentaries and blogposts, addressing issues of paramount importance...
[Talks] LSTS researchers István Böröcz and Juraj Sajfert will present their research in the international SOLAIR Conference (Society, Law, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) organized primarily by...
[Talk] LSTS researcher and FWO aspirant, Laura Drechsler will participate in the panel 'Crossroads of GDPR and e-Privacy' with her talk about the ‘Recent CJEU case law related to the privacy of...
[Call for Papers] CPDP is an annual three-day conference devoted to privacy and data protection. The 14th edition of CPDP will be held on 27th to 29th January 2021 in Brussels.* Whilst a number of...
[Event] Even though the 16 th ESIL Conference in Stockholm has been postponed until 2021, the traditional “current events” discussion will be held online on 10 September 2020 at 15-17.00 CEST, as a...
[Publication] Dr. Marcus Michaelsen contributed to th e new Freedom House report on 'Transnational Repression in an Age of Globalization ' with an essay on methods of digital repression across...
[Talks] The joint conference of the European Association of the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is taking place as a virtual event this week...
[Thesis defence] Gianclaudio Malgieri will defend his doctoral thesis in Law on Monday, August 31st, 2020 at 15:00 CEST, titled: 'Data Subjects in the GDPR and the Protection of Vulnerable...
[COVID-19/consultation] The Interfederal Working Group on the Belgian contact-tracing app (Coronalert app), supported by the Interfederal Committee for Testing and Tracing, launched today a public...
[Appointment] Prof. Vagelis Papakonstantinou has been appointed Chair of the Evaluation Committee for the 4 th Greek National Inventor Awards. The Awards are organised by the Hellenic Industrial...
