The DCU Law & Tech Research Cluster investigates the interplay between law and digital technology in Ireland and beyond.
Research
The digital revolution is rapidly changing contemporary society and profoundly affecting our legal system, both at the national and transnational levels. Our research projects investigate how rights and norms can help shape a trustworthy and human-centric digital environment.
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Education
DCU is a pioneer in the field of law and technology education. Take a moment to browse through our teaching offer in law, data protection, AI ethics and digital rights.
Latest Publications
EU Data Protection Law Between Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality
Federico Fabbrini, Edoardo Celeste
The Law and Tech Blog
Making sense of privacy notices: lessons from financial services for an ‘assisted’ consent
Andrés Chomczyk Penedo
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
1. Deciding about data in a complex reality A privacy notice can be a dense document and its average length has…
Towards a Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework
Edoardo Celeste
DCU
The EU-US data transfer saga continues. Despite two historical decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the…
Sri Lanka Enacts Its Data Protection Regime
Ashit Srivastava & Siddarth Chaturvedi
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
On 10th March 2022, Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Act. With this, Sri Lanka also became the first…
