Information Law and Policy Centre
The Information Law and Policy Centre (ILPC), based at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), launched in spring 2015. The Centre’s mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate, cross-disciplinary scholarship and research in the area of information law and policy, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with a variety of organisations within the public and private sectors, and civil society.
The work for the Centre is led by its Academic Director, Dr Nóra Ni Loideain.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
Date: 19 February 2025, 5:30pm – 7pm (in-person at IALS)
Legislators in the United States and Europe are moving quickly to regulate artificial intelligence to minimize its risks to privacy, safety, and security while benefiting from its efficiencies in industry, governance, and society. While the European Union has moved ahead with more omnibus legislation like the AI Act, the Digital Services Act, and the General Data Protection Regulation, the US and the UK are exploring approaches that differ from the EU in both scope and focus.
This event will bring together a group of scholars with an international focus on the different kinds of AI regulation and their consequences. The speakers will explore the human values served by these different models, their compatibility with each other and other frameworks, and their possible effects on our world.
Speakers:
- Woodrow Hartzog, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
- Professor Barry C Smith, Director, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Dr Anna-Maria Sichani, BRAID Fellow – Research Associate in Digital Humanities, Digital Humanities Research Hub, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Chair: Dr Nóra Ní Loideain, Director, Information Law & Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
The event is free to attend, but booking is required.
To register for the event, click here.
Blog
Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
Date: 19 February 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm Venue: Council Chamber, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Legislators in the United States and Europe are moving quickly to regulate artificial intelligence to minimize its risks to privacy,...
ILPC Annual Conference 2024 – AI and Power: Regulating Risk and Rights
Dates: 21 November 2024; 10:15 – 18:00 (in-person) and 22 November 2024; 9:00 – 13:00 (online via Zoom) Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR The ILPC’s 9th Annual Conference will explore the risk and rights-based approaches to...
Contempt of court, data protection and criminal records: the Law Commission’s consultation
Author: Law Commission contempt project team In July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a consultation paper that sets out provisional proposals for reform of the law of contempt. The Commission is seeking views on a number of data protection and...
Current Developments
- ‘NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent’. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating, The Guardian (27 May 2023).
- ‘Rishi Sunak races to tighten rules for AI amid fears of existential risk’, The Guardian (26 May 2023).
- ‘Meta’s fine has repercussions for EU-US data flows’, Financial Times (25 May 2023).
- ‘OpenAI warns over split with Europe as regulation advances’, Financial Times (25 May 2023).
- ‘Ministers looking at body-worn facial recognition technology for police’, The Guardian (16 May 2023).
ILPC Seminar Series 2022
Spotlight Series
It is a Long Way to… E-Evidence: EU Reforms in the Collection of Electronic Evidence Part 2 – The Role of Service Providers
Author: Marine Corhay On 25 January 2023, the Council of the EU confirmed an agreement with the European Parliament has been reached on both the draft regulation and the draft directive on cross-border access to e-evidence. The first part of this article...
It is a Long Way to … E-Evidence: EU Reforms in the Collection of Electronic Evidence – Part 1
Author: Marine Corhay In November 2022, the Commission announced that a political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council had been reached to strengthen cross-border access to digital evidence. The announcement comes after more than four years...
Is Technology the Answer to Addressing the Legal Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Faith Gordon, Jess Mant and Daniel Newman
The COVID-19 pandemic ‘is making inequalities more visible’, according to the UNODC. This also is the view of those working in law centres at the grassroots. As the Law Centres Network chair, Helen Rogers points out: “The pandemic’s uneven impact is a grim reminder...