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The Surveillance Triangle: Authorities, Data subjects and Means
Readers of the Information and Law Policy Centre blog may be interested in the following event held by Maastricht University. The academic conference addresses the question as to how surveillance is perceived from the perspective of three main stakeholders involved in...
The Legal Challenges of Social Media
How has the law adapted to the emergence and proliferation of social media tools and digital technology? Furthermore, how successful has the law been in governing the challenges associated with an ongoing reformulation of our understandings of public and private...
National Surveillance Camera Strategy – engaging the public
In this guest post, Professor William Webster outlines the objectives of the civil engagement strand of the National Surveillance Camera Strategy. He is the Director at the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP), Professor of Public...
ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section Workshop
Readers of the Information and Law Policy Centre blog may be interested in the following ECREA event. The Future of Media Content: Interventions and Industries in the Internet Era 15 – 16 September 2017 The “Communication Law and Policy” and “Media Industries and...
Submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on ‘Official Data Protection’: Guardian News and Media
The Law Commission has invited interested parties to write submissions commenting on the proposals outlined in a consultation report on ‘official data protection’. The consultation period closed for submissions on 3 May, although some organisations have been given an...
Submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on ‘Official Data Protection’: British Computer Society
The Law Commission has invited interested parties to write submissions commenting on the proposals outlined in a consultation report on ‘official data protection’. The consultation period closed for submissions on 3 May, although some organisations have been given an...
Creating International Frameworks for Data Protection: New Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
In this guest post, Dr Christopher Kuner and Massimo Marelli highlight the publication of the new ICRC/Brussels Privacy Hub handbook on data protection in humanitarian action. Christopher Kuner is professor of law and co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, Vrije...
No, the internet is not actually stealing kids’ innocence
In this guest post, Professor Sonia Livingstone, (London School of Economics and Political Science), assesses the evidence behind claims in the media that the internet is harming children and young people. Her article is relevant to the Information Law and Policy...
Job opportunity at the ILPC: Early Career Researcher (Part-Time)
The Information Law and Policy Centre (ILPC) is looking for an early career researcher to play a pivotal role in the development of the Centre's research and teaching. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Director of the Centre on projects focusing on...
Exploring the challenges of the new transnational cyber policing
The development of the Internet has facilitated global communications, new online spaces for the exchange of goods and information, new currencies and online marketplaces, and unprecedented access to information. These new possibilities in ‘cyberspace’ have been...