New publication on the silencing effect of digital transnational repression
[Publication] Marcus Michaelsen’s new report examines the online efforts of authoritarian regimes to intimidate activists outside their borders. Authoritarian regimes have long used a variety of repressive tools to control, silence, and punish dissidents living abroad.
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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!
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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.
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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), Robust Risk-Based Screening and Alert System for Passengers and Luggage (TRESSPASS, coordinated by Dem...
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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).
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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 Rights” in the recently published book “The Ethics of Cybe...
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Algorithmic Impact Assessment: Gianclaudio Malgieri at FTC and US Senate (Washington DC, 6 February 2020)
[Talk] On 6 February, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) 2019 award winners Gianclaudio Malgieri and Margot Kaminski were invited to speak about Algorithmic Impact Assessment at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Nemesis: Marco Giacalone awarded MSCA Individual Fellowship for his research on Online Dispute Resolution
[Project] Marco Giacalone has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for his research project 'Nemesis' on Online Dispute Resolution.
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New PhD Vacancy on e-Health and human enhancement
[Vacancy] The HALL team is looking for a researcher who has a strong interest in human enhancement. A particular focus on cognitive enhancement (brain sciences and law) is especially welcome.
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The exposed psyche and the constitutional ambiguities of mind-reading: István Böröcz @LAILEC 2020 (Leuven, 18 February)
[Talk] István Böröcz will participate at the 2020 Leuven AI Law & Ethics Conference (LAILEC), which will take place on 18 February 2020 at Leuven. This year's theme is 'The Good, the Bad and the Regulated In Search of a Common Denominator for AI in Business and Society'.
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LSTS present at ACM FAT*2020 Conference in Barcelona (27-30 January 2020)
[Conference] From 27 to 30 January 2020, the ACM FAT* conference takes place in Barcelona. FAT* is a premier conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency in the tech sector, and has recently widened its scope to include more social science research.
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Legal and technical challenges of explainable AI: Gianclaudio Malgieri at CERRE Executive Seminar (Brussels, 21 January 2020)
[Talk] On 21 January 2020, Gianclaudio Malgieri participates as discussant in the Executive Seminar on Legal & Technical Challenges of Explainable AI. The event is organised by the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and takes place from 14:00 to 17:00, at L...
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