Navigating growingly complex legal landscapes
This week-long summer course will focus on recent developments in privacy law and policy, zooming in on its interface with a growingly complex technology governance landscape. In recent years, many new legal instruments have been introduced or are being negotiated by the EU, Council of Europe and several national governments. On top of these new legal instruments, jurisprudence of courts and data protection authorities result in lawyers all over the world facing an ever-growing governance landscape with inevitable overlaps and gaps. In light of all this, fresh questions arise around the regulation of emerging technologies and digital infrastructures.
The 2025 Privacy Law Summer Course will cover the privacy and data protection dimensions of key new and developing legal areas – including data law, platform law, AI regulation and cybersecurity – to help you navigate these stormy waters.
Held in a historic building close to one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful canals, the course will feature a distinguished faculty of international academics, regulators and practitioners. The course will employ a seminar format that promotes interaction between participants and faculty and allows for a deeper examination of the subject than is possible at most professional conferences.
Enrollment is limited to 25 participants.
Objectives of the course:
At the conclusion of the course, participants will:
(1) understand the latest developments in EU privacy law and how it relates to new regulatory fields, such as the AI Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Digital Services Act, etc.;
(2) be able to use these insights into their daily practice;
(3) have insight into how these critical areas of technology law and policy are likely to evolve in the future, and into the strategic and legal implications of these impending changes; and
(4) possess a set of course materials containing the most current and relevant legislative, judicial and regulatory documents in the area.
Intended audience:
The course is aimed at lawyers, government officials, NGO staff, academics, PhD students and others who work in the areas of privacy and data protection law. The course is taught at the post-graduate level. Participants should have some prior knowledge of the field.
Timing and Location:
The course will extend over a five-day period from June 30 to July 4, 2025 at de Burcht, Henri Polaklaan 9, Amsterdam.
Certificate:
At the close of the course, each participant will receive a Certificate indicating completion of the programme.
IAPP and NOvA: Members of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) can obtain CPEs for attending the Annual IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy. Dutch legal professionals can also obtain NOvA credits (see here for instructions).
To apply:
Please use our online registration form. In case you have questions about applicable fees or payment methods, contact the course coordinator at informationlaw@uva.nl.
Fee:
The tuition fee includes the course participation and seminar materials.
- Regular Fee € 2500;
- Reduced Fee: € 1600 (public sector & senior academics (assistant/associate/full professors)
- Reduced Fee: € 1000 (civil society/non-profits & (selected) PhD students/postdocs)
Faculty Organisers:
Els de Busser
Jef Ausloos
Registration:
Please use our registration form
In case you have questions about applicable fees or payment methods, contact the course coordinator at informationlaw@uva.nl.
Further information:
Els de Busser
Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam,
THE NETHERLANDS
tel: +31 20 525 3406
email: informationlaw@uva.nl
Website: http://www.ivir.nl