In the media
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'AIVD at risk from use of Israeli hacking software' 08 June 2022
The AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) uses controversial hacking software supplied by Israeli technology firm NSO Group. This was...
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Prevent children becoming victims of a data-driven world 21 April 2022
It is becoming increasingly common to collect data from children and young people through digital means. The impact of this so-called ‘dataveillance’ ...
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'GDPR is no excuse for not tracing children placed in care' 21 April 2022
The GDPR privacy legislation is no impediment to handing out sanctions to Russian oligarchs or reuniting children placed in care with their parents, s...
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Bart Custers in De Jurist on UBO register and privacy legislation 08 April 2022
Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of companies should have registered their information in the Dutch UBO register before 27 March 2022. The Dutch Mini...
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Code for Children’s Rights to make internet safer for children 14 December 2021
The Dutch Code for Children’s Rights (Code voor Kinderrechten) provides guidance to designers and developers of apps and games on how they can protect...
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Bart Custers on EenVandaag about investigative powers of civilians 26 November 2021
Social media are playing a key role in calling for resistance to the corona measures. Online, agreements are made about where and when people will gat...
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Simone van der Hof in online talk show about Behavioral Design in Video Games 14 October 2021
On 7 October 2021 Simone van der Hof participated in an online talk show as part of the Dutch Media Week. The theme was the research project she is wo...
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eLaw publishes in Nature 27 May 2021
Researchers of eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, published their research in Nature Machine Intelligence. The pu...
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Bart Custers: 'NCTV cannot track citizens using fake accounts' 12 April 2021
For years, the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) has collected and shared privacy-sensitive information about citize...
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Anne Meuwese and Bart Custers in Trouw on Covid apps 06 April 2021
The more people are vaccinated, the more society can slowly reopen. Technological developments, like the Covid passport and other apps, can play a rol...
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Shopping by appointment: What happens to your personal data? 30 March 2021
In the Netherlands it is now possible to visit non-essential shops if you make an appointment beforehand. But when you book an appointment you have to...
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Article on Affective Computing by Andreas Häuselmann published in IDPL 16 March 2021
Affective Computing (AC and sometimes called ‘Emotional AI’) provides opportunities to automatically process emotional data. However, is EU data prote...
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Simone van der Hof in podcast on GDPR and children’s rights 28 January 2021
In a podcast of the Netherlands Internet Governance Forum (NL GF) and the Safer Internet Centre Nederland, Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Di...
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups 25 January 2021
In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more le...
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Jaap van den Herik in Universiteit van Vlaanderen podcast on computers in the courtroom 17 November 2020
Can a computer give just as good a judgment as a judge? Professor emeritus Law and IT believes it can and talks about using computers in the courtroom...