On 20 June, Leon Trapman, a student on the Research Masters Information Law Programme, gave a presentation to the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) in Strasbourg. Together with Tarlach McGonagle (IViR), he presented a research-driven project, ‘Audit of freedom of expression in the Netherlands’. The CDMSI has the task… Continue reading Information Law Research Masters Student presents study at Council of Europe

When EU negotiators this week reached a political agreement on free flow of non-personal data they took on board recommendations from an expert briefing of IViR’s Kristina Irion. Mid-September last year the European Commission presented a proposal for a new regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union. The free movement… Continue reading Kristina Irion briefs European Parliament on the free flow of non-personal data

When EU negotiators this week reached a political agreement on free flow of non-personal data they took on board recommendations from an expert briefing of IViR’s Kristina Irion. Mid-September last year the European Commission presented a proposal for a new regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union. The free movement… Continue reading Kristina Irion briefs European Parliament on the free flow of non-personal data

When EU negotiators this week reached a political agreement on free flow of non-personal data they took on board recommendations from an expert briefing of IViR’s Kristina Irion. Mid-September last year the European Commission presented a proposal for a new regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union. The free movement… Continue reading Kristina Irion briefs European Parliament on the free flow of non-personal data

Ever wanted to write your own ‘Black Mirror’- story? Here is your opportunity! We are organising the first IViR Science Fiction & Information Law Writing Competition. Science fiction and information law have more in common than meets the eye. Both genres are fascinated by new and emerging technologies, and both feel a strong urge to… Continue reading “Science Fiction & Information Law” Writing Competition

Four Information Law masters students are co-authors of Open Journalism: The Road Travelled and the Road Ahead, a report that was published this week by the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The students, Melanie Klus, Cees Plaizier and Maxime Hanhart… Continue reading Informatierecht LL.M. students co-author report for the OSCE