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Call for Papers: ILPC Annual Conference 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS ILPC Annual Conference 2022 - Online Safety in a Connected World We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 7th Annual Conference on 17-18 November 2022 hosted by the Institute of Advanced...
RightCon 2022 – Reflections by Jeni Tennison
RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age. RightsCon offers a platform for thousands of participants around the world to convene, connect, and contribute to a shared agenda for the future. It enables business leaders, activists,...
Lord Geidt and the Wild West of Policing Technology Governance: How can a resignation improve police technology oversight?
Author: Dr Marion Oswald Last week, Rt Hon. Lord Geidt resigned as the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, citing - as the straw that broke the camel’s back - a still rather opaque issue relating to international law, putting him ‘in an impossible and...
Event Review: Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism Book Launch.
The ILPC Book Launch Event – Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism (Elgar Law 2021) took place on 11th May. The ILPC was delighted to host this online event and congratulates former ILPC Research Associate Dr Peter Coe (University of Reading) on its...
How to Improve Contact Tracing Apps for Future Public Health Crises – Lessons learned from the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author: Melis Mevsimler - Ada Lovelace Institute As the first pandemic of the algorithmic age, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the use of data and artificial intelligence for public health. Governments across the globe saw potential...
ILPC Annual Lecture 2022
Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE will deliver this year’s ILPC Annual Lecture on Thursday 17 November 2022. Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and...
ILPC Annual Lecture 2021
The ILPC is delighted to announce that Professor Diane Coyle CBE will deliver this year’s ILPC Annual Lecture entitled: 'An economist’s perspective on data and its value' Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane...
ILPC Annual Conference 2021 – Data in a Pandemic: Rights and Responsibilities
The Information Law & Policy Centre’s Annual Conference 2021 will explore the impact of the global pandemic on society and the increased use of data-driven systems, particularly the implications of these changes for the rights and responsibilities of individuals...
A Trustworthy Framework that Respects Fundamental Rights? The Draft EU AI Act and Police Use of Biometrics
Dr Nóra Ni Loideain As stated in its White Paper in 2020, the European Commission’s Proposed AI Regulation, otherwise referred to as the ‘AI Act’, is part of a wider set of regulatory measures intended to enable ‘a trustworthy and secure development of AI in Europe’,...
Call for Papers – 2021 ILPC Annual Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS ILPC Annual Conference 2021 Data in a Pandemic: Rights and Responsibilities We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 6th Annual Conference on 18-19 November 2021 hosted online by the Institute...