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by Karen Mc Cullagh (LAW) Aug. 18, 2017

Aug. 18, 2017

PLSC-Europe 2018 Call for Papers PLSC-Europe 2018 will be held in Brussels on Saturday 27 January 2018, right after CPDP2018 (http://www.cpdpconferences.org)

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How significant is algorithmic personalization in searches for political parties and candidates?
by Cornelius Puschmann Aug. 16, 2017

Aug. 16, 2017

Dear colleagues, apologies for crossposting. I want to point out a preliminary analysis of algorithmic personalization in search results related to the upcoming German national elections that may be relevant to some among you: https://aps.hans-bredow-institut.de/personalization-google/ If you want to have a look at the data: https://datenspende.algorithmwatch.org/en/index.html and https://datenspende.algorithmwatch.org/data.html Feedback is of course very welcome. All best, Cornelius -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Research Associate Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 10117 Berlin, Germany www.hiig.de Senior Researcher Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg, Germany www.hans-bredow-institut.de p: +49 40 450 217 55 <+49%2040%2045021755> e: cornelius.puschmann(a)hiig.de w: cbpuschmann.net *Recent paper:* Puschmann, C., & Scheffler, T. (2016). Topic modeling for media and communication research: A short primer (*HIIG Discussion Paper Series* No. 2016–5). Berlin. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/ papers.cfm?abstract_id=2836478

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Infographic: 63 years of privacy case law (India)
by Chinmayi Arun Aug. 16, 2017

Aug. 16, 2017

Dear All, You may already have heard that the right to privacy was recently questioned before the Indian Supreme Court. The judges will soon rule on whether it exists and how far it stretches. In preparation for the judgment, we have put together this infographic <https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/h/> based on our dataset of Supreme Court cases that have upheld the right to privacy over the last 63 years. This is to illustrate how rich our privacy jurisprudence has been over these decades. We have a detailed note on the background of the case here <https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/sc-constitution-bench-on-aadha…>. Our blog <https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/> also summarises the arguments made during the hearings. Our comments on the questions being asked and the challenge before the Supreme Court are available here <http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-judgment-for-the-ages/article1940990…> . We welcome your feedback and any questions that you might have about the dataset. Please do circulate the infographic to anyone who might be interested in it. Best, Chinmayi and Smitha PS: The attachments were too heavy for these mailing lists but we will be happy to share the infographic with you in pdf and high definition formats if you write to us.

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PLSC-Europe 2018 Call for Papers
by Imge Ozcan Aug. 15, 2017

Aug. 15, 2017

*With the usual apology for cross-posting* PLSC-EUROPE 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS PLSC-Europe 2018 will be held in Brussels on Saturday 27 January 2018, right after CPDP2018 (http://www.cpdpconferences.org) CPDP - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference - is an annual gathering of academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry, and civil society from all over the world. Its 11th edition, "The Internet of Bodies", will take place from Wednesday 24 January to Friday 26 January 2018. PLSC-Europe will follow on Saturday 27 January 2018. Based on the popular Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) event in the United States, PLSC-Europe is dedicated to bringing together privacy law scholars, practitioners, and privacy scholars from other disciplines from across Europe and beyond to discuss current issues. PLSC-Europe aims at fostering greater connections between academia and practice (industry, legal, advocacy, and government), and at bringing together law scholars with academics and professionals from other disciplines (e.g. economics, philosophy, political science, computer science). The first PLSC-Europe was held in October 2015 in conjunction with the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, and the second one in May 2017, in conjunction with TILTing Perspectives 2017. From 2017 onwards, PLSC-Europe became a regular event co-organized by the University of Amsterdam (IvIR), Tilburg University (TILT), and the Free University Brussels (LSTS/Privacy Salon), alternating between Amsterdam, Tilburg, and Brussels. The third edition of PLSC-Europe will be held on 27 January 2018 in Brussels. PLSC is a paper workshop. Papers are not available, and proceedings will not be released. The papers discussed are works in progress, and so will not be publicly released, nor publicized: the ideas presented by the authors are often still developing, and need further incubation before being finalised. In a PLSC paper workshop, a "commenter" leads a discussion among participants on an author's paper. Authors are encouraged to listen to the discussion, rather than steer it or participate actively to it. There are no panels or keynotes at PLSC: the idea is to help the author by giving feedback and advice on the paper. Workshops are informal and friendly in nature. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – PLSC-EUROPE 2018 We welcome the submission of abstracts on both pure and multidisciplinary legal scholarship on privacy and data protection. Please submit your abstract through the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plsceurope2018 If your abstract gets accepted for the paper workshop, you will be required to deliver a full draft before the conference, to allow participants to read the paper in advance. Key Dates * Abstract submission: 29 September 2017 * Abstract acceptance: 27 October 2017 * Workshop draft due: 22 December 2017 * Workshop: 27 January 2018 PLSC-Europe 2018 is jointly organised by Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Privacy Salon. -- Imge Ozcan Doctoral Researcher Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel Join us for the next edition of the CPDP conference on 24 - 26 January 2018 in Brussels: http://www.cpdpconferences.org/ [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.cpdpconferences.org/

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