Fundamental rights more important than ever: Opinion by LSTS co-directors, Prof. González Fuster and Prof. Hildebrandt
[Publication] On 9 April 2020, the Opinion piece ' Fundamental Rights More Important Than Ever' by Prof. Gloria González Fuster and Prof.
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Data protection law and the COVID-19 outbreak: New page with useful resources on LSTS website!
[Website] The page 'Data protection law and the COVID-19 outbreak' was launched today on the LSTS website (link to be found at the footer section of the home page under Shortcuts).
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LSTS Books of the years 2016-2019 now on the LSTS website!
[Website] The LSTS Books of the year selections have now been moved from the LSTS blog to the LSTS website! The LSTS Books of the year can be found at the footer section of the LSTS website main page, under Shortcuts.
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Olga Gkotsopoulou at ALL DIGITAL Week launch event 2020: Fake news and media literacy (Brussels, 10 March 2020)
[Talk] On 10 March 2020, LSTS researcher Olga Gkotsopoulou will give a talk on "How well do you know your digital self? Young people ponder upon fake news, data protection and their democratic competences" at the 11th All Digital Week launch event 2020 “Get your facts straight!
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[POSTPONED] Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL: Petra Molnar @Gender, Technology & Law sessions (1 April 2020, Brussels)
[Talk] [!] This event has been postponed [!]
On 1 April 2020, at 10:00-12:00 at VUB Etterbeek campus (exact location to be announced), Petra Molnar will speak about "Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL: The Human Rights Impacts of Migration Control Technologies".
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Facial Recognition in Law enforcement: Rosamunde van Brakel @Brussels (4 March 2020)
[Event] Professors Barry Friedman (New York University Law School, Policing Project), Rosamunde van Brakel (LSTS-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies) and Theodore Christakis (Director of the AI-Regulation Chair in the M...
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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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