21. May 2021
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to ban biometric mass…
by Ella JakubowskaPolicy Adviser at European Digital Rights (EDRi)Ella is a policy adviser at not-for-profit digital rights group EDRi, where she works on the intersection of fundamental rights with AI and biometric technologies and helps drive the civil society Reclaim Your Face campaign to ban biometric mass surveillance practices. She has studied human rights through the lens of socio-technical feminism and before that, worked in digital transformation for an engineering and technology company.
25. March 2021
The time for fearing these technologies is over.
by William EldinFounder and CEO of XXIIWilliam Eldin, CEO and co-founder of XXII, is a serial entrepreneur. Former partner of Coyote System, William decided in 2015 to create XXII, a company specialising in computer vision in artificial intelligence with the goal of deploying AI in all industry sectors. Since 2018, he has taught at Science Po while working on the expansion of XXII, which has become a leading company in France in artificial intelligence.
10. December 2020
Challenges for privacy and non-discrimination with the…
by Niovi VavoulaLecturer in Migration and Security, Queen Mary University of LondonNiovi Vavoula is Lecturer in Migration and Security at Queen Mary University of London, from where she holds an LLM in European Law and a Ph.D. that examined the privacy concerns stemming from the establishment and operation of EU-wide information systems for third-country nationals. She regularly advises the European Parliament, the Commission, the Fundamental Rights Agency and NGOs on matters relating to EU immigration law, EU criminal law (particularly mechanisms for information exchange) and privacy and data protection law.
10. November 2020
If high standards are observed, automated facial…
by Thorsten FreiMember of the German Bundestag for CDU/CSUMember of the German Bundestag since October 2013. Deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group responsible for the areas of legal affairs and consumer protection, internal affairs, sport and voluntary work, expellees, repatriates, and German minorities since December 2018. Born on 8 August 1973 in Bad Säckingen; Roman Catholic; married, three children. Obtained Abitur in 1993; completed compulsory basic military service in the German-French brigade from 1993 to 1994; studied law at the University of Freiburg from 1994 to 1999; passed second state examination in law in 2001. Practised as a lawyer from 2001 to 2002; civil servant at the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry from 2002 to 2004, serving as personal assistant to the Minister for State and European Affairs; mayor of Donaueschingen from 2004 to 2013.
8. October 2020
Big brother must be banned.
by Bojan PerkovPolicy Researcher, SHARE FoundationBojan Perkov is a Policy Researcher at the SHARE Foundation. His interests and areas of work include freedom of expression and online media, as well as other issues related to digital rights and freedoms, such as hate speech, net neutrality, censorship, data protection, digital security, etc.
