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...
Mar 11, 2020 | Data Privacy, Privacy
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...
Mar 11, 2020 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Privacy
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...
Nov 27, 2019 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Privacy
Workshop: 5 February 2020 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in London We are pleased to announce this workshop and funding call for the UK EPSRC Network Plus Human Data Interaction (HDI) Project taking place on the 5th February 2020 at the Institute of...