CiTiP KU Leuven
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Centre for IT & IP Law (KU Leuven, Belgium). Legal research in ICT, IP & Media. Partner of imec & LICT
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🚀 Hello BlueSky community!

We’re CiTiP, leading research center on law and technology focusing on:

✅ Data protection & privacy
✅ AI, Data and Robotics
✅ IP
✅(Cyber)security
✅ and many more

Join us for insights and collaborations!

Let’s shape the future together: www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en
Centre for IT & IP Law
CiTiP is the center for IT & IP Law at the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology.
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#ECREA-CLP started with a keynote by Peggy Valcke @citip.bsky.social on media freedom and pluralism in the age of AI and platforms, sharing her optimism about EMFA's future impact.
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The #ECREA-CLP workshop 2025 in Brussels is about to start.
ECREA-CLP workshop
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Secure Processing Environments are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. In this blog post Andrea Palumbo and Leander Stähler take a closer look at the position of the concept and what novel legal questions this raises.

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Secure Processing Environments: A European Experiment in Data Governance - CiTiP blog
‘Secure Processing Environments’ (SPEs) are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. As an emerging legal concept, we take a closer look at the position of the concept and the...
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Overuren voor wetenschapscommunicatie!

Vorige week was ik op @deafspraak.bsky.social met een woordje uitleg over het Europese voorstel om privécommunicatie te scannen op kindermisbruik ("chat control") en vandaag deed ik hetzelfde in de podcast Virtual met o.a. @timverheyden.bsky.social.

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The EU AI Act isn’t just about safety & rights. It could quietly transform cybersecurity. Mandatory logging for high-risk AI creates a goldmine for detecting anomalies, spotting AI-specific attacks & boosting threat intel. A hidden ally for stronger defenses. Read Eyup Kun`s blog post on this topic👇
The unspoken role of the ai act in the creation of data sources for cybersecurity technologies - CiTiP blog
The EU AI Act, primarily focusing on health safety and fundamental rights of individuals, will play an often-overlooked yet critical role in improving cybersecurity technologies by its mandatory loggi...
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📣New blog post by @isabelarosal.bsky.social

Can you re-use public access information without accessing it? The CJEU understands that one depends on the other, but also highlights that access and re-use are different activities. #opendata #publicsector #opendatadirective #datagovernance
Data access vs. data re-use: can the open data movement survive in the CJEU? - CiTiP blog
Discussions around open data and re-use of public sector information (PSI) have increased and occupy a central role in the European Data Strategy. As a central part of this debate, one should differen...
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🚀 Belgian startup in need of free legal advice from students, academics and law firms?

IusStart might be exactly what you are looking for!

📅 Applications are welcome until 1 September

📧 Questions? [email protected]

#startups #entrepreneurship #kuleuven #iusstart
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HEREDITARY is featured in the latest episode of the Brain Talks podcast!

We dive into how trustworthy AI can transform brain research, with insights from Elisabetta Biasin (@citip.bsky.social) and Helena Ledmyr (@incforg.bsky.social)

🎧 https://www.braininnovationdays.eu/brain-talks-podcast/
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📣New blogpost by Vladimir Apraxine

Civil society organisations face a major power imbalance in shaping generative AI rules. Active engagement with implementing bodies is essential to counterbalance this asymmetry. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

Read part 1 here 👇
Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 1) - CiTiP blog
This blog post highlights a significant vulnerability in the AI Act’s regulation of generative AI (GenAI), namely its failure to prevent the power asymmetry between corporate entities and civil societ...
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📣We are recruiting!

CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive PhD researcher to join its team and work on children’s rights to privacy and data protection.

Interested in doing a PhD on this topic?

⌛Deadline 14 July 2025.

More information👇
RU CiTiP - PhD scholarship holder (100%)
Doctoral researcher with a special interest in technology, law and children’s rights
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📣New blogpost by Arno Cuypers

The AI Act bans crime prediction based on profiling, but loopholes remain. Black-box tools, biased data, and vague rules risk labeling people as future criminals. Stronger safeguards are needed to protect rights and prevent abuse.

#AIAct #predictivepolicing
Minority Report in the EU? The AI Act’s Weak Spot on Crime Prediction - CiTiP blog
Predicting future crime sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but it’s already a reality in several countries. In the UK, the Ministry of Justice is reportedly developing a “homicide p...
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📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social: Developing and deploying AI systems for emotion recognition entails several legal, axiological and epistemic issues. Does state-of-the-art research allow robust AI development? And is emotion recognition for law enforcement compatible with a fair trial?
Emotion Recognition or Unrecognizable Law? - CiTiP blog
When not forbidden by the AI Act, emotion recognition AI systems qualify as high-risk AI systems. However, the state-of-the-art research on emotion recognition justifies questioning the compatibility ...
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📣New Blogpost: has trustworthy #AI become an unrealistic ideal? @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social discusses how the concept has evolved over time to include so many aspects that it risks becoming unattainable. She therefore calls for more clarity and interdisciplinary research.

Read her blogpost 👇 👇
The (too many) facets of trustworthy AI - CiTiP blog
While trustworthy AI has rightfully gained prominence for its potential to address the challenges and risks that can arise when designing, developing and deploying AI systems, the concept has evolved ...
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🚨Laatste kans om te solliciteren voor de functie van junior onderzoeker bij @citip.bsky.social

Deze functie draagt bij aan het werk van het Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij, waar we kritisch én constructief nadenken over de ethische, juridische en maatschappelijke impact van AI.
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📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.
Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Processor” in the Context of a Data Space (part 2/2) - CiTiP blog
Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...
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📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.
Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Controller” in the Context of a Data Space (part 1/2) - CiTiP blog
Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...
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👀 Word jij onze nieuwe collega?
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📣CiTiP werft aan!

We lanceerden een vacature voor een junior onderzoeker om in het kader van het @kc-dama.bsky.social te werken rond de juridisch-ethische uitdagingen van AI.

Deadline: 27 mei 2025

Interesse? Meer informatie lees je hier👇
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Wetenschappelijk medewerkers (junior) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht
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📣CiTiP werft aan!

We lanceerden een vacature voor een junior onderzoeker om in het kader van het @kc-dama.bsky.social te werken rond de juridisch-ethische uitdagingen van AI.

Deadline: 27 mei 2025

Interesse? Meer informatie lees je hier👇
OE CiTiP - wetenschappelijk medewerker(s) (junior) (100%) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht
Wetenschappelijk medewerkers (junior) met bijzondere interesse in technologie (artificiële intelligentie) en recht
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Join for a week of all things privacy and data protection at the 20th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, co-organised by our Laura Drechsler!

When? August 19-22
Where? Copenhagen, Denmark

More info at ifip-summerschool.org

*** EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 26, 2025 ***
20th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management 2025
Website for IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management.
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Is using Open Science a matter of research integrity? Is it a moral obligation? What are the common pitfalls, and can Open Science help you avoid them? Join us on May 5th for a panel discussion and a practical session to test your ideas. Please use the link below to register.
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📣New blog post by Aliki Benmayor: The European Commission officially abandoned its plans for regulating multimodal services at EU level. But multimodality continues to be a priority area for many European cities and regions. What are the key legal gaps that must be solved to achieve it?
Is there still an EU case for multimodality? (Part II) - CiTiP blog
A European Commission (“EC”) proposal in late 2021 on “Multimodal Digital Mobility Services” (“MDMS”) prompted the question of whether multimodality warranted an EU intervention, or whether regulating...
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