446 search results for “data protection” in the Staff website
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Privacy and data protection
We are all responsible for data protection. To keep (personal) data as secure as possible, the university has established an information security policy.
- General Data Protection Regulation
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Data management, privacy and data protection
As a PhD candidate, you work with data. To keep (personal) data as secure as possible, the university has established an information security policy.
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Data Protection Day: are you keeping personal data safe?
Security
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Mason Marks
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Guest lecture by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor
On Thursday 29 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, visited the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden Law School to give a lecture entitled 'Fundamental rights and/or market surveillance: The current and future role of Data Protection Authorities…
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Gianclaudio Malgieri speaker at CPDP Data Protection Day
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw Leiden, was invited as a speaker on two panels at the special CPDP Data Protection Day on 25 January in Brussels, an event co-organised by the European Data Protection Supervisor and the Council of Europe.
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Danny Mekic
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerrit-Jan Zwenne
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Oliver Tuazon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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eLaw Alumnus wins European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ at CPDP
Taner Kuru, an eLaw alumnus, was awarded the prestigious European Data Protection Law Review ‘Young Scholar Award’ for his paper on the shortcomings in the GDPR for the regulation of genetic testing at the prestigious Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP).
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'Vulnerability and Data Protection' book by Gianclaudio Malgieri presented at Naples University
On 3 April 2024, the University L'Orientale in Naples will hold a full afternoon conference to discuss a book written by Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw. The title is 'Vulnerability and Data Protection Law', published with Oxford University Press in April 2023.
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eLaw master's student wins thesis award from Dutch Data Protection Authority
On on 29 January 2024, it was announced that Aylin Alexa Zainea has won the Thesis Award from the Dutch Data Protection Authority. She wrote her thesis for the Advanced Master programme on Law and Digital Technologies hosted by eLaw, Center for Law and Digital Technologies. Her thesis entitled ‘Automated…
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Li-Ru Hsu
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maria-Lucia Rebrean
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gianclaudio Malgieri
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Els de Busser
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gianclaudio Malgieri at the Data Protection Conference of the European Academy of Law
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw Leiden, was invited as a speaker at the Annual Conference of the European Academy of Law (ERA), on 21 March in Brussels.
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Helena Vrabec
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daniel Vale
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Alan Sears
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Research using personal data
If your research project involves collecting private or otherwise sensitive data, you must ensure adequate data protection measures are taken. Research must be conducted in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In terms of patient data, for instance, when used for research carried…
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Personal data
As a university employee, you probably work with personal data. That is not just names and telephone numbers – it can also include things like cookies. How can you make sure you are working in a privacy-proof way?
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Data storage
Your options for data storage may vary depending on factors such as size and sensitivity of the data or collaboration with partners outside the university. We are all responsible for data protection. To keep (personal) data as secure as possible, the university has established an information security…
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Data processing register
A data processing register is a record of which personal data you process and who you share this data with. If you collect personal data for your research, you must record this in the data processing register.
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Els Kindt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Privacy and data breaches
Any loss of control over stored personal data constitutes a potential data leak. In most cases this concerns stolen (or lost) digital files, but a stolen (or mislaid) printed list containing personal data also represents a data leak. It is important that you report any data leak.
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Personal data: privacy and the GDPR
As an employee of Leiden University, you probably work with or come into contact with personal data. The concept of ‘personal data’ is core to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you work with personal data, you must be able to explain clearly, comprehensively and in simple language how…
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Book presentation ‘Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law’
Lecture
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‘Standing Room Only’ at eLaw’s CPDP Panel on 'Dark Patterns and Data-Driven Manipulation'
With the conference circuit slowly reopening after Covid forced almost all academic interactions online, thousands of conference attendees descended on Brussels for Europe’s largest technology conference. eLaw’s annual sponsorship of one of the many CPDP conference panels brought a diverse range of…
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Shopping by appointment: What happens to your personal data?
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 provide a lot of personal data. Are shops allowed to ask you for all this data and what happens to it?
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Graduate School FGGA: Research data management course
Didactics, Career development
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Article on Affective Computing by Andreas Häuselmann published in IDPL
Affective Computing (AC and sometimes called ‘Emotional AI’) provides opportunities to automatically process emotional data. However, is EU data protection law fit for purpose when it is applied to such AC approaches?
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Gianclaudio Malgieri co-organised Brussels Privacy Symposium and launched 'VULNERA'
On 15 November in Brussels, the Brussels Privacy Hub and the Future of Privacy Forum held the 6th edition of the 'Brussels Privacy Symposium'. The topic of this year was 'Vulnerable People, Marginalisation and Data Protection'.
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Bart Custers on BBC News about Uber’s Greyballing
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 a cab would find you. You even paid through the app. However, some of the Uber’s more controversial practices have triggered the interest of law enforcement,…
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Mariëlle Linting
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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'Protecting your data is not something you do just for yourself'
How safely do you handle your data? Privacy officer Eric van Hoof assists researchers and staff with this. 'The biggest mistake people make is thinking they have nothing to hide.' He has some useful tips.
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Guest lecture Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor
Lecture
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Personal and sensitive data
Collecting personal and sensitive data is not as common an issue in archaeological research as in some other fields such as sociology and political sciences which is often the reason why archaeologists might not be aware that they are handling those types of data.
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Gavin Robinson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Research Data Management in Archaeology
Doing research in archaeology is more than just gathering data and publishing a paper. Nowadays, there is a growing trend in producing well-defined and responsible data management plans. They help to navigate the process and result in good data management practices which in return benefit the researchers…
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Structuring data
When structured properly, the data are easier to manipulate, analyze and visualize.
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Gianclaudio Malgieri, intervened in the Global Privacy Assembly 2022
On October 26, Gianclaudio Malgieri (Associate professor at eLaw) moderated a plenary panel about "Blockchain and Metaverse: Privacy and Data Protection" at the 44th Global Privacy Assembly in Istanbul, the biggest world institutional conference about privacy and data protection.
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Sharing student data
Handling student data is a necessary part of your work as teacher or invigilator.
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Data stewards
Do you have questions about data management? Please contact the data stewards:
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Reusing data: Bridging the distance between data consumers and producers
Workshop
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Data processing agreement
If you bring in a (new) person who will be processing personal data for you, this person is not allowed to use this information for his or her own purposes. You need to formalise this in a data processing agreement. The university will usually have an agreement in place.
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Gianclaudio Malgieri interviewed on 'Shifting Privacy Left' podcast
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, was interviewed by Debra Farber on her Shifting Privacy Left podcast. The Episode was released on 25 June 2024 and is entitled 'Why we need Fairness Enhancing Technologies rather than PETs'.
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Data Science Research Programme
Universities, companies, organisations and societies are increasingly facing enormous quantities of data. It is a great challenge to transform these Big Data into knowledge, which is why Leiden University has launched a University-wide Data Science Research Programme.
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Deleting personal data
Individuals have the right to instruct the university to delete their personal data in a number of cases. For instance, if the university no longer needs the data, or if the person withdraws consent previously given.