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.
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)
The ILPC’s 9th Annual Conference will explore the risk and rights-based approaches to the regulation of AI-based systems, including generative AI, that are increasingly used across society. Particularly the implications of these systems for the rights and responsibilities of individuals and organisations. All panels will address the development and future of these approaches for policymaking and governance within the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally.
A Full Conference Programme is available here.
The ILPC Annual Conference will also include the ILPC Annual Lecture 2024, and we are delighted to announce that this will be delivered by world-leading scholar danah boyd.
Attendance (in person and online) will be free thanks to the support of our sponsors, although registration is required as places are limited.
For further details and registration, click here.
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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...
ILPC Annual Lecture 2024
The ILPC is delighted to announce that world-leading scholar danah boyd will deliver the ILPC Annual Lecture 2024 entitled: 'Interventions Not Solutions in an Era of AI Policymaking' Abstract New widespread technologies are almost always disruptive. They rearrange...
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...