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Personal profile
Expertise
Prof. Dr. Gloria González Fuster is a Research Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)'s Faculty of Law and Criminology, and Co-Director of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group. She holds a BOF research position on the theme 'Digitalisation & a Europe of rights and freedoms', teaches 'Privacy and data protection law', and coordinates the course 'Bruxelles: La ville et le droit'. Additionally, she lectures on data protection law at the LL.M. in European and Transnational Law of Intellectual Property and Information Technology of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
She is currently contributing to the projects Articulating Law, Technology, Ethics and Politics: Issues of Enforcement and Jurisdiction of EU Data Protection Law under and beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (ALTEP-DP), Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technologies (ACT), and 'La implementación del RGPD en España: El impacto de las cláusulas abiertas en la nueva LOPD, en su normativa de desarrollo y en la legislación sectorial' (PRODATIES) (RTI2018-095367-B-I00), as well as the Legality Attentive Data Scientists (LEADS) MSCA Innovative Training Network.
González Fuster is member of the Content Committee of the Privacy Camp. She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Data Protection Law Scholars Network (DPSN) and of RHEA (VUB's research centre on Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality) and the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies (BCUS), and fellow of the Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH), in addition to being a member of the Advisory Board of the Privacy Salon and of the dpialab, as well as member of the Steering Committee of the Cyber & Data Security Lab (CDSL). She is member of the Privacy Advisory Committee of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI).
Expertise
She is Associate Editor at the European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL), Lexxion, and Member of the Board of Editors of the Information, Technology and Law Series, Asser Press, Springer. She is also a member of the European Commission's Multistakeholder Expert Group to support the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
González Fuster studied Law at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Journalism at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) (including a stay at the Université Paris VIII) and Modern Languages and Literatures at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She has worked at the European Commission's Citizenship Unit of the Education and Culture Directorate-General (DG EAC), and at the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Education/Academic qualification
Law, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Award Date: 31 May 2013
Law, Licentiate, National Distance Education University
Award Date: 31 Aug 2006
Modern Languages and Literature, Bachelor, Université libre de Bruxelles
Award Date: 30 Jun 2000
External positions
Assistant, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Brussels (Belgium) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu Citzenship Unit: Town-Twinning, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
1 Feb 2006 → 31 May 2006
Assistant, Education and Culture Directorate-General (DG EAC) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture Citzenship Unit: Town-Twinning, European Commission
1 Sep 2001 → 31 Jan 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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OZR4175: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UnB, MORAES Thiago
4/07/23 → 17/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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EU634: Legality Attentive Data Scientists
De Hert, P., Gonzalez Fuster, G., Ozcan, D. I., Hinrichs, O. & da Rosa Lazarotto, B.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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SRP54: SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Articulating Law, Technology, Ethics and Politics: Issues of Enforcement and Jurisdiction of EU Data Protection Law under and beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (ALTEP-DP)
Gonzalez Fuster, G., Gutwirth, S., Gutwirth, S., Gonzalez Fuster, G., Hildebrandt, M., Kuner, C., Van Dijk, N., Dushi, D., Duarte Nicolau, T., Casiraghi, S., Saverino, R., Nadolna Peeters, M. A. & Zufall, F.
1/03/19 → 30/06/25
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3574: DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES TO COVID-19 & DATA PROTECTION LAW (DPL X COVID19)
Gonzalez Fuster, G. & Hildebrandt, M.
1/05/20 → 31/10/20
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Additional input on the initiative on procedural aspects of the GDPR
Gonzalez Fuster, G., 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Data subject
Gonzalez Fuster, G., Mar 2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Law and Data Science. Comandé, G. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 134-139Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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Feedback on ‘Data Protection Regulation for EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies – report on application’ as requested in the public Call for Evidence
Gonzalez Fuster, G., 8 Feb 2022, 3 p. European Commission.Research output: Other contribution
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Feedback on ‘Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access Version 1.0 Adopted on 18 January 2022’ of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in the context of the public consultation
Gonzalez Fuster, G., Mar 2022, 4 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Introduction to Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law
Gonzalez Fuster, G., Van Brakel, R. E. & De Hert, P., 15 Mar 2022, Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law: Values, Norms and Global Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
Open Access17 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Repair Café for Digital Rights - BXL
Gonzalez Fuster, Gloria (Recipient), Mahieu, René Louis Pierre (Recipient), Van Hoboken, Joris (Recipient) & De Smet, Ruben (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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DPSN International Data Protection Day work-in-progress event
Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Host)
27 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Lecturer of Module 2 ("Understanding the new European Digital Framework in practice") and Module 4 ("Personal Data: GDPR and beyond").
Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Lecturer)
20 Sep 2023 → 21 Sep 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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The right of access (to personal data): Why is it important & how to use it
Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Lecturer)
8 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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‘Taste of the algorithm’ Working Group
Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Chair)
17 Jul 2023 → 21 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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DIGIRISE Steering Committee (External organisation)
Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
Press/Media
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'Féminisme et protection des données, pourquoi les croiser ?', L'ADN, 18 May 2022.
22/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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'Pour une Autorité de protection des données indépendante et forte', Carte blanche, (Le Soir, 11 January 2022)
Elise Degrave, Franklin Dehousse, Paul De Hert, Cécile De Terwangne, Benjamin Docquir, Franck Dumortier, Benoit Frydman, Gloria Gonzalez Fuster, Serge Gutwirth, Yves Poullet, Françoise Tulkens & Marc Verdussen
11/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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LSTS Books of the Year 2019
Dariusz Kloza, Gloria Gonzalez Fuster, Laura Drechsler & Laurence Diver
31/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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LSTS Books of the Year 2018
Dariusz Kloza & Gloria Gonzalez Fuster
31/12/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Thesis
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Public privacy: A european fundamental rights analysis of the right to private life in an age of smartphones, drones and social media
Author: Vermeulen, M., Gutwirth, S., De Hert, P., Gonzalez Fuster, G., Melgaço, L., Hosein, G. & Scheinin, M., 11 Sep 2017Supervisor: Gutwirth, S. (Promotor) & De Hert, P. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis