Aug 9, 2017 | Ethics, Freedom of expression, Journalism, News media, Privacy, 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...
Mar 27, 2017 | Data Privacy, ILPC Research and Publications, Internet regulation, Privacy
The Information Law and Policy Centre is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the Communications Law journal based on papers submitted for our annual workshop last November. The journal articles are available via direct subscription, through...
Nov 29, 2016 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Internet regulation, Privacy
Our annual workshop and lecture – held earlier this month – brought together a wide range of legal academics, lawyers, policy-makers and interested parties to discuss the future of human rights and digital information control. A number of key themes...
Jun 29, 2016 | Data Privacy, European Policy, Fairness, Government policy
A consensus already appears to be emerging among legal commentators that many UK organisations will need to comply with the provisions of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation regardless of the progress of the UK’s path to Brexit. The GDPR was due to...
Jun 24, 2016 | Data Privacy, Ethics, European Policy
In this guest blog post, Brendan Van Alsenoy – legal researcher at the Centre for IT and IP Law, University of Leuven – analyses the scope of the personal use exemption under the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A note with regard to the...
