Brussels Privacy Hub has spent the past decade at the forefront of advancing privacy and data protection in Europe and beyond. Established as a multidisciplinary research group, it has brought together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage in critical discussions on privacy and data protection challenges and opportunities. Through its commitment to fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the Brussels Privacy Hub has contributed to shape the future of privacy and data protection in an increasingly digitalised world, advocating for effective solutions to protect fundamental rights in the face of evolving technological landscapes.
To celebrate the Brussels Privacy Hub’s 10-year anniversary, the event “Navigating Tomorrow: A Data Protection Decade and Future Challenges in the Algorithmic Era” will take place on February 5th, from 2 pm at Vrije Universiteit Brussel Campus, Building I.
This event will gather those who have been instrumental in shaping the Brussels Privacy Hub in an in-person-only format, embarking on a forward-looking dialogue at the intersection of data protection and other data laws.
Places are limited. We encourage you to register using this link to ensure your presence.
Attendees of the Winter Academy 2025 who register by December 15th will also receive special access to this event. More information about the Winter Academy is available Here.
Schedule
Time |
Event |
Speakers |
2:00 pm –
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Introduction |
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2:10 pm –
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Opening Keynote Session |
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3:00 pm –
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Partners of the Hub Panel This panel will consist of the Hub’s partners and will discuss the past and future challenges faced by the Hub and Data Protection. |
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3:45 pm –
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Coffee break | |
4:15 pm –
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Teasing sessions During the teasing sessions, founding members and core contributors of the Hub will be interviewed by junior members, sharing their insights, experiences, and key takeaways from the past 10 years. |
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5:00 pm –
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Final keynote | TBA |
5:15 pm CET |
Celebration drinks |
Speakers:
Kim Van Sparrentak
Member of the European Parliament
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament
Isabelle Vereecken
Head of the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board
Marco Scialdone
Head Litigation and Academic Outreach at Euroconsumers and Adjunct Professor at Università Europea di Roma
Rob van Eijk
Managing Director for Europe at Future of Privacy Forum
Laura Drechsler
Assistant Professor at Centre for IT and IP Law (KUL), Researcher at State Archives Belgium
Christopher Kuner
Affiliated Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Senior Privacy Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Senior Fellow at FPF and Honorary Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub
Paul de Hert
Full Professor at VUB, Associated Professor at Tilburg University, Honorary Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub
Gloria González Fuster
Research Professor at VUB and Director of the LSTS Research Group
Bárbara da Rosa Lazarotto
Marie-Sklodowska Curie Action’s Fellow, PhD researcher at VUB and Managing Coordinator at the Brussels Privacy Hub
Michaël Van den Poel
Research engineer at EDHEC, PhD Student at the VUB and Executive Member at the Brussels Privacy Hub
Massimo Marelli
Head of Data Protection Office at International Committee of the Red Cross
Privacy Notice
Date: 26 November 2024
This Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use your personal data in the context of the Brussels Privacy Hub Celebration Day Event.
Identity of the controller
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is responsible for the processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Notice. You can reach us at brusselsprivacyhub@vub.be.
The information we collect and process
We collect the following information:
- Your name
- Your contact details
- Your affiliation
How we collect your information
We collect the information you submit in the registration form and the information you submit to us via mail or social media.
Why do we collect your information
We collect your information to provide services in relation to our Celebration Day (article 6(1)(b) GDPR).
- Your name and contact details are collected to enable communication and provide personalized items such as name tags during the event.
We may also use personal data in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
Whether we share or disclose your information
We may disclose personal data to our processors or authorize them to process the data to pursue one or more of these purposes. Our processors include:
Microsoft
Retention and deletion of your information
The data will be stored for the period of organization and activity of the Celebration Day and for a maximum of 3 months. After this period, all personal data related to your participation will be deleted.
Your rights
You have the right to:
– To access your personal data and obtain all the information on the processing as mentioned in Article 15 GDPR, (origin, purpose, lawful grounds, details about the data controller, recipients, duration, other data subjects’ rights, etc.).
– You also have the right to rectify your personal data, update, delete or request limitation of processing. The content and exercise of these rights is regulated by Articles 15-18 of the GDPR. Finally, the data subject has the right to revoke the consent for the processing of his/her personal data. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given before the revocation.
– You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/contact) if you believe that the processing of his or her personal data is in breach of the GDPR, pursuant to and in accordance with Article 77 of that Regulation.
To exercise your data subject rights, please contact us at brusselsprivacyhub@vub.be. In addition, you can also reach the Data Protection Officer of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel at DPO@vub.be.
How to contact us
You can submit a request or ask us questions about this Privacy Notice or our practices by emailing us at brusselsprivacyhub@vub.be, emailing our DPO at DPO@vub.be or writing us at:
Brussels Privacy Hub
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene
Belgium
Updates to our privacy notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal data practices. We will indicate at the top of the policy when it was most recently updated.