A Blog for LSTS
In this inaugural post, LSTS Co-Directors Gloria González Fuster and Mireille Hildebrandt welcome the launch of this new platform.
The Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Research Group is proud to witness the launch of a new blog.
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Quo vadis, data retention? The indeterminable quest for proportionality [June 2022]
LSTS researchers Lina Jasmontaite and Juraj Sajfert analyse the development of the notion of proportionality in recent case law of the Court of Justice on data retention.
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To define or not to define? International personal data transfers in the General Data Protection Regulation [June 2022]
LSTS/FWO researcher Laura Drechsler reflects on the need for a definition of data transfers for the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Dr. Desara Dushi delivers a lecture on the use of facial recognition by law enforcement (22 June 2022)
Facial recognition is used not only by the private sector. Its evolution has attracted the public sector too, especially law enforcement and border management. This has generated many debates on the impact on human rights.
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LSTS members participated to the EDPS conference on the future of data protection
On the 16th and 17th of June, the European Data Protection Supervisor held in Brussels a conference on the future of data protection. The conference saw the participation of prominent data protection scholars and experts from all over the world. Several LSTS members participate...
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The HALL project ‘Socio-Bee’ was mentioned in the Annual Report 2021 by the VUB Vice-rectorate Innovation & Industry Relations as a ‘success case'
The project ‘SOCIO-BEE’ where VUB participates with the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) as sub-group of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group was show-cased in the VUB Annual Report 2021 by the Vice-rectorate Innovation & Industry Relations as a ‘success case’.
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The paper of Anastasiya Kiseleva and Paul Quinn ‘ARE YOU AI’S FAVORITE? EU Legal Implications of Biased AI Systems in Clinical Genetics and Genomics' is published at the European Health and Pharma Law Review (EHPL)
The latest issue of the European Health and Pharma Law Review (EHPL) has published the paper of Anastasiya Kiseleva written together with Professor Paul Quinn "Are You AI’S Favourite?
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WRG session on data protection and cross-border transfers in regional trade
The LSTS organised a WRG session on data protection and cross-border transfers in regional trade . The session will take place on 22 June, 12:00 to 13:45 .
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ALTEP-DP Evening Debate - Sovereignty and Cyberspace by Brussels Privacy Hub and ALTEP DP (29 Jun)
Articulating Law, Technology, Ethics & Politics: Issues of Enforcement and Jurisdiction of EU Data Protection Law under and beyond the GDPR' (ALTEP DP)
Date Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
Time 17:00-18:00 followed by a reception
Hybri...
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Dr. Desara Dushi moderates the session on 'Criminal Justice in Cyberspace' at EuroDIG2022 (21 June 2022)
This year saw a big step in the fight against cybercrime with the adoption of the second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, the European Union’s AI Act proposal which regulates (restricts) the use of AI for law enforcement purposes, and the strengthened efforts towards a UN treaty on cy...
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Danaja Fabcic Povse will present at the Harvard Law School - Petrie-Flom Center’s about the challenges EU law presents for remote patient care technologies
On June 15, LSTS-HALL member Danaja Fabcic Povse will present at the Harvard Law School - Petrie-Flom Center’s annual conference “Diagnosing in the Home: The Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Diagnostics and Therapeutics Outside of Traditional Clinical Settings”.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt and Dr. Desara Dushi take part in the 'Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act' workshop (13 June 2022)
In April 2021, the EU Parliament published a proposal, the AI Act (AIA), for regulating the use of AI systems and services in the Union market. However, the effects of EU digital regulations usually transcend its confines.
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