Nov 16, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Fake news, Government policy, Health, ILPC Annual Lecture & Conference, Internet regulation, Open Justice, Rule of Law, Surveillance, Uncategorized
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...
Jul 16, 2020 | Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Health, Privacy
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...
Jun 25, 2020 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, European Policy, GDPR
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...
May 7, 2020 | Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, ILPC Research and Publications, Privacy
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...
Apr 30, 2020 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, ILPC Research and Publications
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...
Apr 27, 2020 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Privacy
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...
