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 2025 Regulating AI in a Changing World: Oversight and Enforcement
Date: 20 November – In person only and 21 November- Online only via Zoom
The ILPC Annual Conference will include the ILPC Annual Lecture 2025, and we are delighted to announce that this will be delivered by Dr Brian Plastow.
Attendance (in person and online) will be free thanks to the support of our sponsors, although registration is required as places are limited. Other keynote speakers include:
- Mairead O’Reilly, Director of Legal Service – Enforcement, Information Commissioner’s Office
- Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland (2014-24)
- Professor Ben Saul, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Counter Terrorism
- Professor David Erdos, University of Cambridge
- Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario
- Gus Hosein, Privacy International
- Alexander MacGillivray, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, US White House (2021-23)
- Valentina Pavel, Ada Lovelace Institute
- Graham Smith, Of Counsel, Bird & Bird
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ILPC Annual Conference 2025: Regulating AI in a Changing World – Oversight and Enforcement
Conference dates: 20 November (In-Person only) IALS Council Chamber 21 November (Online only) via Zoom Attendance (in person and online) will be free thanks to the support of our sponsors, although registration is required as places are limited. Topics to be covered:...
ILPC Annual Lecture 2025
The Information Law & Policy Centre is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lecture 2025 will be delivered by Dr Brian Plastow, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, entitled: ‘Biometrics and policing: The benefits and risks of AI for law enforcement and...
Privacy and Crime: Financial Surveillance and Civil Liberties
Date: 16 September 2025, 5:30PM - 6:30PM Since the early 1990s, the global approach to financial privacy has changed beyond recognition. All our financial transactions, no matter how trivial or significant, are subject to surveillance by banks and other regulated...
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...