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Vagelis Papakonstantinou is a Professor on Personal Data Protection Law at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), focusing also on Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property, and the broader topic of technology regulation. He works though the Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL), where he is its scientific coordinator, as well as through VUB’s Research Group on Law Science Technology & Society (LSTS) and the Brussels Privacy Hub.
Since the early 2000s Vagelis Papakonstantinou has participated in the law-making committees for the release of all major EU, Council of Europe and Greek laws and regulations on personal data protection. Over the same period of time, he has participated or managed dozens of EU-funded research projects on related fields of law.
In addition to the above, through MPlegal, a niche technology law firm, Vagelis Papakonstantinou practices business law with a particular emphasis on technology startups and mid-size companies. To match these interests, he also teaches “Entrepreneurship” at the Executive MBA Programme of the University of the Aegean.
For the period 2016-2021 he has been a member (alternate) of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority; In the past, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Copyright Organisation (for two terms).
His personal website may be found at https://vpapakonstantinou.com
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EUAR57: Horizon 2020: Multidisciplinary Expert System for the Assessment & Management of Complex Brain Disorders
1/04/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Fundamental
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EUAR30: H2020: RIA : Search and Rescue : Emerging technologies for the Early location of Entrapped victims under Collapsed Structures and Advanced Wearables for risk assessment and First Responders Safety in SAR operations
Papakonstantinou, V., De Hert, P. & Markopoulou, D.
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Applied
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China's draft privacy bill: A pragmatic, but yet-to-be improved approach?
Yin, Y. & Papakonstantinou, V., 4 Feb 2021, IAPP Privacy Advisor.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Article › Specialist
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EU lawmaking in the Artificial Intelligent Age: Act-ification, GDPR mimesis, and regulatory brutality
Papakonstantinou, V. & De Hert, P., 8 Jul 2021, European Law Blog.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Blog › Vulgarizing
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Framing Big Data in the Council of Europe and the EU data protection law systems: Adding ‘should’ to ‘must’ via soft law to address more than only individual harms
de Hert, P. & Papakonstantinou, V., Apr 2021, In : Computer Law and Security Review. 40, 105496.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The regulatory framework for the protection of Critical Infrastructures against cyberthreats: The example of the health sector in particular
Markopoulou, D. & Papakonstantinou, V., 19 Mar 2021, In : Computer Law & Security Review. 41Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The “act-ification” of EU law: The (long-overdue) move towards “eponymous” EU legislation
Papakonstantinou, V., 26 Jan 2021, European Law Blog.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Article › Specialist
Activities
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Teaching "Entrepreneurship" at University of the Aegean MBA
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Participant)1 Jan 2021 → 30 Jun 2021Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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The GDPR regulatory framework for data integration
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Speaker)5 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Media and Communication Law (Journal)
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Editorial board member)1 Jul 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (External organisation)
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Chair)20 Jul 2020 → 31 Dec 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review panel or committee
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Legal personality for AI?
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Speaker)24 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Interview to DataTech on granting legal personality to AI
25/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Comment to Digital Privacy News on European Parliament's DSA
16/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment