AI and Data Governance
Regulating health research and respecting data protection: a global dialogue – Dr Nora Ni Loideain
The global COVID-19 pandemic has focused minds sharply on the valuable role to be played by data collection and analysis for advancing health research, especially how it may help in informing and developing policy responses. Modern health research requires vast...
The EU GDPR in Times of Crisis: COVID-19 and the Noble Dream of Europeanisation – Stergios Aidinlis
Anniversaries always offer an opportunity for reflective evaluation and the very recent second anniversary of the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) entry into force is no exception. How far has the GDPR gone in becoming a ‘global standard for privacy and...
Coronavirus: record ethnicity on all death certificates to start building a clearer picture – Siobhan Morris and Olivia Stevenson
Different groups of people have different experiences of COVID-19, but we don’t have the data to come up with a response that reflects that. Yui Mok/PA Wire/PA Images If one thing is clear by now from the coronavirus pandemic, it is that the disease does not affect...
Contact-tracing app: Submission to Joint Committee on Human Rights
Our director, Dr Nóra Ni Loideain, submitted written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights concerning the NHSX contact-tracing app, which is going to be rolled out by the UK government in order to reduce Covid-19 transmissions. The submission can be read...
The Coronavirus (Safeguards) Bill 2020: Proposed protections for digital interventions and in relation to immunity certificates
The ILPC welcomed the opportunity to contribute to a draft bill on legislative safeguards, an initiative led by Professor Lilian Edwards (University of Newcastle). The Coronavirus (Safeguards) Bill 2020 sets out the protections necessary to protect an individual’s...
Data crossing borders: Data Sharing and Protection in Times of Coronavirus – Christopher Kuner
Dr. Christopher Kuner is professor of law and co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, a research centre at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels, Belgium. He is also an associate of the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, and...
Call for Papers – AI and the Rule of Law: Regulation and Ethics
Call for Papers We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference on 20 November 2020 at IALS in London, this year supported by Bloomsbury’s Communications Law journal. You can read about our previous annual...
The European Data Protection Board’s Draft Guidelines for Search Engines and the Future of the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Online, Part 2 – David Erdos
This is the second part of a post dealing with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)’s draft guidelines on the right to be forgotten. Part (1) dealt with the scope of the guidance and of ex post rights vis-à-vis search engines. This...
The European Data Protection Board’s Draft Guidelines for Search Engines and the Future of the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Online, Part 1 – David Erdos
Securing workable, balanced and effective individual rights regarding personal data disseminated online is vital to the future of data protection and should be a significant focus of attention for the European Data Protection Board going forward. Consequent...
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! Facial Recognition Technology and the Police – Peter Coe
Just over a year ago, as a practitioner, I was involved in a number of conversations with clients and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) relating to the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). These conversations tended to be on behalf of clients...