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28/01/2022
#DataProtectionDay: Committing to Transparency in 2022 with ECPC Data Protection Icons
Today is International Data Protection Day, in celebration of the 41st anniversary of the first binding international treaty concerning the topic of data protection being opened for signature: the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data.[1] Since the early 1980s, both the quantity and economic importance of data […]
25/11/2021
IT’S TUTORIAL TIME! WEEK 5: INTRUSION DETECTION, FIREWALLS, INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEMS AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE
It’s Thursday and that means that it is tutorial time in the “EU and Global Cybersecurity Fundamentals” course! This afternoon students will discuss the deployment of intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, and threat intelligence, giving group presentations, first from the perspective of an attacker and then as a member of the organization, in a session led by Fernando […]
20/10/2020
AI & Cybersecurity: Reflections on a multidimensional relationship
Earlier this month I was a guest on Episode 47: Innovation and Tech Zoom In of the European Edition of the Breaking Banks Podcast Moderated by Ajit Tripathi. The podcast looks at “European Unicorns, Startups, Founders, Regulators and Leaders innovating the rapidly evolving Fintech scene, with some of the world’s most well-known hosts and influencers in fintech. Produced in cooperation with FintechStage.” […]
01/07/2020
Privacy “Nutrition Labels”, Transparency, and Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility
Last week Apple announced an important strategic step forward in the protection of the privacy and data protection rights of its users by way of an enhanced privacy feature that it has called a “Privacy Nutrition label”. Using icons in combination with clear and simple language, the information provided by way of Apple’s pop-up “label” […]
07/02/2020
Successful kick-off of the Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility project
Yesterday, 6 February 2020, the Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility project kick-off meeting was held within the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University. The project aims to trigger virtuous data protection competition between companies by creating an environment that identifies and promotes data protection […]
14/05/2019
Personal Data Protection as the New Competitive Edge: Generating Socially Responsible Corporate Behaviour
Last Friday I held my inaugural lecture as Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the Faculty of Law – European Centre for Privacy & Cybersecurity at Maastricht University. During my lecture I introduced the research activities that I would like to further develop at Maastricht University in a multidisciplinary setting that includes […]
25/05/2018
Happy GDPR Day: The start of a new era with the General Data Protection Regulation
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AI Article 29 Working Party Big Data Cloud Computing Corporate Social Responsibility CSR Data Retention DPA DPO European Commission Garante Privacy GDPR International Data Transfers Italian Data Protection Law Law Enforcement Access Privacy Privacy and data protection Security measures Uncategorized
Happy May 25th to everyone. Today represents the start of a new era for data protection, privacy and digital rights.
21/05/2018
Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility
I’ve been saying it for quite some time, but it is becoming ever-more clear that Data Protection in itself can represent a new form of Corporate Social Responsibility. No present or forthcoming legal framework (whether it be the EU’s much-discussed General Data Protection Regulation or new competition rules) will ever be able to effectively regulate […]
29/04/2017
DIGITAL OUT-OF-HOME (DOOH) ADVERTISING AND THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Have you ever heard of Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising? Probably not, but it has most likely seen you, without your consent and without you even realizing it. The world of advertising has made incredible progress thanks to the digitalization of something as simple as the billboard. Shopping malls, airports and train stations are full of […]