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Latest events
17 April: Doctoral seminar with Natalia Menéndez González on ‘With great power comes great responsibility: proportionality within the use of facial recognition technology’
Date: 17 April– 12:30h-13:30h Location: Hybrid – (online: MS Teams / offline: VUB Etterbeek Campus) The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the...
27 March: Will “Noyb v. META” change the internet business model?
Is the Internet breaking up? Are we moving from a free but ads-based model to a paid subscription-based one? The Noyb v. META ruling highlighted how a contractual model in which the user signs a contract to obtain a service with personalised advertising would not...
21 March: Doctoral seminar with Maciej Otmianowski on ‘Power, technology and law: Investigating power relations through EU regulatory impact assessment’
Date: 21 March – 14:00h-15:00h Location: Hybrid – (online: MS Teams / offline: Vergaderzaal PE, third floor in Building C Etterbeek Campus) The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on...
EU Digital Finance Seminar Series: between privacy utopias or surveillance nightmares?
Series Overview In 2020 the European Commission published its policy strategy in the financial services sector: the Digital Finance Strategy. It seeks to reinvigorate competition in the financial services industry and bolster consumers’ benefit. However, after two...
news
MATIS Conference to be held on 1 and 2 December
The University of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, will organise the final Conference of the Making Transparent the Invisible Surveillance (MATIS) Project. The conference will be held in-person at the University of Luxembourg on 1 and...
Co-Director Prof. Kuner to speak on new transatlantic data privacy framework at Europe Center discussion
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Kuner will speak at the Atlantic Council Europe Center discussion on the new transatlantic data privacy framework. The event will focus on the Executive Order signed by President Biden on 7 October instituting new US privacy...
New Article by BPH Co-Director Prof. Malgieri and LSTS Co-Director Prof. Fuster: “The vulnerable data subject: A gendered data subject?”
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri and LSTS Co-Director and Research Professor of Law at VUB, Prof. Gloria Gonzalez Fuster has co-authored an article titled as "The vulnerable data subject: A gendered data subject?". The article has been...
Co-Director Prof. Malgieri starts at eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, as an Associate Professor
As of 3 October 2022, Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri has been appointed as an Associate Professor of Law at eLaw-Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University. We wish Prof. Malgeri success in his future professional...
Brussel Privacy Symposium 2022 – Registrations are open now
The sixth edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium will take place on November 15, 2022, jointly presented by the Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF). This year’s topic is “Vulnerable People, Marginalization...
Data Retention Conference to be held on 28 October
The University of Saint-Louis, in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, will co-organise a Conference on recent Belgian Data Retention legislation. The conference will be held in French and Dutch from 9 AM - 1 PM, and will feature prof. Paul De Hert,...
Managing Director/PhD Researcher Muhammed Demircan has presented a paper on the DMA-GDPR relationship at the 17th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management 2022
Brussels Privacy Hub Managing Director and LSTS/VUB PhD Researcher Muhammed Demircan has presented his upcoming article on the DMA-GDPR relationship at the 17th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management 2022. His research was focused on "Digital Markets...
Co-Directors Prof. Malgieri and Prof. Kuner to attend the Global Privacy Assembly 2022
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Directors Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri and Prof. Christopher Kuner will participate to the 44th edition of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) in Istanbul. The conference will be held between 25 to 28 October 2022. Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri will...
Co-founder and Member of the Brussels Privacy Hub, Prof. Paul De Hert to moderate panel at EDEN Conference
Co-founder and Member of the Brussels Privacy Hub, Prof. Paul De Hert, will moderate a panel on online disinformation, propaganda and radicalisation at the 9th Europol Data Protection Experts Network Conference. The conference held from 19-20 September 2022 is titled...
Co-director Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri to join EPIC Advisory Board
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Gianclaudio Malgieri will join the advisory board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a leading public research center based in Washington, DC. Read the press release here.
Brussels Privacy Hub announces 2023 Summer Academy
The 2023 Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law is titled "From Data Access to Data Transformations: How to Govern Data in the Age of Analytics and AI?". It fill focus on Personal Data & Algorithmic Processing, Third Party Data Access, Comparative Perspectives,...
Co-Director Prof. Malgieri discusses future of data privacy on Debating Europe panel
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Malgieri was invited by Debating Europe to participate in a panel on the future of Data Privacy. The panel titled 'What’s the future of data privacy? Engineering and invention in the world of data protection’, tackled the privacy...
Co-Directors Prof. Kuner and Prof. Malgieri speakers at 44th Global Privacy Assembly
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Directors Prof. Kuner and Prof. Malgieri were invited to speak at the 44th Global Privacy Assembly taking place in Istanbul from 25 to 28 October. The Assembly, bringing together data protection authorities from throughout the world was titled...
Workshop Report on “Lawful Bases for Personal Data Processing on Social Networks” has been published
Brussels Privacy Hub has organised a workshop on “Lawful Bases for Personal Data Processing on Social Networks” on 6 October 2022. High-level data protection experts from academia, data protection authorities, EU institutions and NGOs were invited to the workshop. The...
MATIS Conference to be held on 1 and 2 December
The University of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, will organise the final Conference of the Making Transparent the Invisible Surveillance (MATIS) Project. The conference will be held in-person at the University of Luxembourg on 1 and...
Co-Director Prof. Kuner to speak on new transatlantic data privacy framework at Europe Center discussion
Brussels Privacy Hub Co-Director Prof. Kuner will speak at the Atlantic Council Europe Center discussion on the new transatlantic data privacy framework. The event will focus on the Executive Order signed by President Biden on 7 October instituting new US privacy...
About
Mission
The BPH’s main goals are to produce privacy research of the highest quality; bring together leading thinkers from around the world; and foster an interchange of ideas among privacy stakeholders in a climate of intellectual openness.
Our Principles
Data protection and privacy law
We believe strongly in the relevance and importance of data protection and privacy law, particularly in light of the challenges posed by the rapid development of technology and globalization.
Innovative Thinking
We believe that fresh and innovative thinking based on multidisciplinary research is necessary to meet these challenges. The BPH thus brings together scholars from a wide array of disciplines who collaborate with the private sector, policymakers, and NGOs to produce cutting-edge research.
Transparency & Neutrality
Our work is carried out in a manner that is neutral, transparent, and is guided by the highest standards of ethics and impartiality.
Network Building
We believe in network-building, and have built a strong network of contacts with leading privacy researchers both in and outside the EU.
Our work
We focus on all areas of data protection and privacy research. Among our main areas of interest are empirical research on privacy issues; privacy governance and regulation in the EU; global flows of data; reconciling law enforcement and privacy interests; privacy challenges posed by new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; comparative research on privacy in different regions; jurisprudential issues of privacy protection; and many others.
Our Activities
Publishing high-quality academic research
Organising workshops, seminars, and public debates on specific topics
Training the next generation of privacy lawyers and privacy officers
Bringing prominent visiting scholars to Brussels for short or long-term visits
Attracting outstanding PhD students
Participating in the work of international organisations
Creating synergies with other leading research centres
Contributing to events organised by other organisations, such as the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP)
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The International Observatory on Vulnerable People in Data Protection
