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How can the handling of personal data that emerges due to an increasing online communication be regulated legally in an adequate manner?
One of the biggest social changes brought about by the Web 2.0 are the shifting borders between public and private spheres. The "Young Scholars Network on Privacy and Web 2.0" is an international research network funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) between January 2010 until Dec...
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Schulz, W.; van Hoboken, J. (2016): Human Rights and Encryption. 1st ed., 2016. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (pdf-Dokument).
Kurtz, C.; Semmann, M.; Schulz, W. (2018): Towards a Framework for Information Privacy in Complex Service Ecosystems. In: 39th International Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, USA (pdf).
The conference paper “The Unlikely Siblings in the GDPR Family: A Techno-Legal Analysis of Major Platforms in the Diffusion of Personal Data in Service Ecosystems” addresses the topic of data protection in platform ecosystems. Using a techno-legal analysis method, they trace the path of...
In parent blogs, people give an insight into their everyday family life and thereby also affect children's rights, especially with regard to privacy and informational self-determination. The article by Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt published in the journal merz - Zeitschrift für Medienpädagog...
"Soziale Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Privatheit [Social Media, Publicity, and Privacy]", lecture by J.-H. Schmidt at the convention "Privatheit und Demokratie [Privacy and Democracy]" on 23 September 2016 in Frankfurt.
"Dimensions of Privacy", lecture by W. Schulz at "The Asian Scholars Network 5th International Conference" on 13 December 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand.
"Ein Anschluss unter dieser Nummer: Was bringt die DSGVO für Beratungsangebote und Kinderwebseiten? [This Number is Currently Available: What Does the GDPR Hold In Store For Counselling Services and Children-Focussed Websites?]", talk by S. Dreyer in the context of the workshop "...
"Trust as a Prerequisite or Trust as an Outcome? The Relationship between Trust, Transparency and Consent in Child-Specific Privacy Legislation", lecture by S. Dreyer at the ICA Preconference "Trust, Control & Privacy - Mediatisation of Childhood and Adolescence in the Digital Age...
"Die ePrivacy-Verordnung: Bedrohung für die Digital- und Werbewirtschaft? [The ePrivacy Regulation: A Threat to the Digital and Advertising Economy?]", lectue by S. Dreyer at the Meeting of the Committee on Media and Creative Industries of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce on 13 June 20...
"Re-Imagining the Digital Public Sphere", speech by J. Kulshrestha at the conference "PrivacyCamp.EU Investigating algorithmic systems: Algorithm auditing", a pre-event of the annual conference Computers, Privacy, and Datat Protection (CPDP) on 23 January 2018 in Brussels.
"Game Jam – Unveil the Privacy Thread. Implementing Privacy and Security through Serious Games", conference event at the interface between Smart City, Privacy and Security, organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Institut for Internet and Society and INNOVATION AND LAW on 7 and 8 October...
How can national laws be reconciled with Internet content? What is perfectly legal in one country can be illegal in another. So, what does this mean for Internet users in their daily and professional life with regard to privacy, freedom of expression or cybercrime? More than 250 international participants...
Florian Wittner, doctoral candidate at the Hans-Bredow-Institut, and his collegue Christian Kurtz from Universität Hamburg present the paper “The Unlikely Siblings in the GDPR Family: A Techno-Legal Analysis of Major Platforms in the Diffusion of Personal Data in Service Ecosystems”...
CPDP (Computers, Privacy & Data Protection) it is a leading multidisciplinary conference on data protection. Our researcher Florian Wittner will present the paper “Modeling and Verification in GDPR’s Data Protection Impact Assessment” together with Kai Bavendiek from the Technical...
Conference of the DFG Research Training Group 1681/2 "Privacy and Digitisation" with contributions by Dr. Stephan Dreyer and Florian Wittner. Participation is free of charge, please register here until 06 May 2019. Current debates such as the EU-GDPR or the social responsibility of large Internet...
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