Background Health data-driven activities have become central in diverse fields (research, AI development, wearables, etc.), and new ethical challenges have arisen with regards to privacy, integrity, and ...

Blockchain has revolutionized the way business is done by driving efficient and faster transactions in a trustless environment without any intermediaries or supervision. It gained prominence with the introduction of Bitcoin ...

This paper examines the requirements and responsibilities in public procurement of advanced information and communications technology (ICT) used in the provision of effective and safe healthcare to elderly citizens. It ...

The benefits of technological development have to be used and enjoyed, and it also includes the legal field. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are here to stay, they are already employed to analyse the personal ...

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of legal and technical challenges arising when shaping a new strategy in content moderation. Its focus will be to strengthen platform users’ fundamental rights as well as to ...

This paper examines whether the GDPR and the proposed EPR is adequate to safeguard individuals’ rights to privacy in the age of surveillance capitalism. This paper highlights the extreme asymmetries of information and power ...

The European Union is currently discussing a reform of its intermediary liability rules with its recently proposed Digital Services Act. The existing rules in the e-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC) offer a safe ...

Freedom of speech is an important fundamental right that could be claimed has come under pressure by online platforms through their content moderation policies and terms of use. A recent EU proposal for Regulation, Digital ...

This dissertation provides a reflective overview of HETs through the examination of diverse questions and issues needed to be addressed when performing an analysis of these technologies. Therefore, this dissertation tackles ...

The control of the introduction and spread of COVID-19 has posed a significant challenge to state governments. One control measure which has been implemented in an effort to reduce spread is the contact tracing application. ...

The EU Cybersecurity Framework counts with numerous regulatory instruments intended to handle cybersecurity incidents. Cybersecurity incidents can be considered as events capable of disrupting the ordinary digital appliances ...

Methodology: The analysis describes the transition to 5G, why it is necessary, and briefly, how the network will initially be constructed. It presents, generally, the stakeholders involved, and some risks and vulnerabilities ...

AI technology's relationship with GDPR is multidisciplinary. On the one side, the tale shows us that AI helps accurately in identifying GDPR violations. On the other side, a set of GDPR provisions themselves question the ...

The thesis examines encryption (cryptographic methods) as a security measure under the GDPR and the NIS Directive, in particular article 32 and 14/16, respectively. It discusses the term 'state of the art' and researches ...

This thesis considers the plausibility and effect of joint controllership under the European Data Protection Framework for website operators when placing third-party tracking cookies. Traditionally, these cookies have only ...

Binding Corporate Rules (‘BCRs’) are the internal data protection policies of multinational companies (‘MNCs’) that do business both within and outside the EEA. This paper addresses the strengths and weaknesses of BCR ...

The legal and societal implications of non-transparency in online behavioral advertising.

The Interent of Things (IoT ) devices and IoT market are growing globally, and there is no sign of slowing down. The number of connected devices globally is expected to rise from 23bn in 2018 to 75bn by 2025, and yet the ...

The thesis presents a retrospective analysis of the representative action legal mechanism in order to identify the type of legal figure adopted in the European General Data Protection Regulation. The study focuses on the ...

This thesis reviews Colombia’s current data protection framework to determine which challenges it faces to be recognized by the European Union as a third country with an adequate level of protection. Therefore, the reader ...

The blockchain technology has brought a new tool which can change the way we make legal contracts. This tool is called “smart contracts”. Smart contracts are self-executing contracts which decrease the human intervention ...

This thesis assesses the registrability of sports names as word and figurative trade marks in the European Union, largely with a focus on articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament ...

The commoditization of personal information has led to the creation of trade agreements that are no longer concerned with purely trade issues. The newly drafted Comprehensive Econom-ic and Trade Agreement (‘CETA’) characterizes ...

Taking a look at the framework based on the Directive 95/46 (previous legal framework) and on the General Data Protection Regulation (current legal framework), the thesis compares the right of access and its limitations ...

Illegal hate speech constitutes a societal problem which requires regulation. The thesis addresses the question of how illegal hate speech online is regulated in the EU, and whether this is adequate to tackle the problem. ...

The recent entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes new data protection requirements on data controllers and processors with respect to the processing of the personal data of the EU/EEA ...