In the media
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Bart Schermer on how to negotiate with cybercriminals 21 April 2023
Hackers have got their hands on data from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Lockbit, a collective of cybercriminals, is after the money. Wh...
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Simone van der Hof on RTL Nieuws about rights of 'kidfluencers' 23 March 2023
Mums posting photos and videos of their child on Instagram and TikTok and also earning loads of money doing so. Kidfluencers, momvloggers and familyvl...
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Bart Schermer about attack on citizens' right to demonstrate 13 March 2023
Media outlets Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw reported on the wide-scale collection by the Dutch police of personal data of demonstrators ...
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Bart Custers on DNA in cold cases 09 March 2023
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) want to use private DNA databases in an effort to solve deadloc...
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Bart Custers on using genealogical DNA in criminal cases 09 March 2023
The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) want to use private DNA databases for genealogical research in crimin...
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Bart Custers on successor to DigiD 17 February 2023
The Netherlands has DigiD, Portugal ‘de Cartão de Cidadão’, and Ireland MyGovID. Europe now wants one uniform digital identity card - the same for all...
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Bart Custers on insurance companies and fraud registers 01 February 2023
Insurance companies are registering more and more people for having committed fraud. In principle, it is a good idea to tackle cases of fraud. However...
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Valerie Frissen on NPO Radio 1 about Microsoft's new VALL-E software 19 January 2023
Microsoft’s new software VALL-E only has to hear a voice for three seconds to be able to imitate it almost perfectly. You can choose which emotion the...
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Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of law 27 October 2022
Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter ...
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Leiden Legal Technologies Program runner up for Gouden Zandloper 28 September 2022
The Leiden Legal Technologies Program is runner up for the Gouden Zandloper (Golden Hourglass) for Legal Education & Research, the prize for the most ...
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eLaw publishes article in Computer Law & Security Review 12 September 2022
In healthcare, gender and sex considerations are crucial because they affect individuals' health and disease differences. Yet, most algorithms deploye...
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Bart Custers on BBC News about Uber’s Greyballing 29 August 2022
In just over a decade, Uber has revolutionised how we move around our cities. The ride-hailing app was a game-changer: you just tapped your phone and ...
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Bart Custers in Trouw about new European digital identity 29 August 2022
Europe is working full steam towards a digital identity for every EU citizen. And although it might be really useful to be able to hire a car everywhe...
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Bart Schermer: ‘Threats via internet also liable to punishment’ 11 August 2022
Austria wants to crack down on online threats and hatred. The reason is the death of GP Lisa-Maria Kellermayr. She committed suicide at the end of Jul...
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Leiden Law Cast #7: Law and computers with Professor Jaap van den Herik 22 July 2022
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.