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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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EUAR214: TORNADO: foundaTion mOdels for Robots that haNdle smAll, soft and Deformable Objects
1/01/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR200: cPAID: Cloud-based Platform-agnostic Adversarial aI Defence framework
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Applied
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EUAR198: TRIFFID: auTonomous Robotic aId For increasing FIrst responDers efficiency
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Applied
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Codes of Conduct in German Employment Relationships – A Measure to Adequately Implementing Compliance and Data Protection?
Wasser, D. & Papakonstantinou, V., 1 Apr 2024, In: European Business Law Review. 35, 2, p. 157-182 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Personal Data processing within Immersive Virtual Worlds: Privacy challenges in the interconnected data-driven Metaverse - MetaverseUA Chair Research Paper #2
Trigo Kramcsak, P. R. & Papakonstantinou, V., 13 Dec 2024, 27 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Smart Assistants and Data Protection in the EU - Navigating the Regulatory Landscape
Diouani, F. & Papakonstantinou, V., 14 Jan 2024, (Submitted).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
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The Regulation of Digital Technologies in the EU: Act-ification, GDPR Mimesis and EU Law Brutality at Play
Papakonstantinou, V. & De Hert, P., 2024, Oxon-New York: Routlegde. 144 p. (Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
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A Preliminary study on artificial intelligence oracles and smart contracts: A legal approach to the interaction of two novel technological breakthroughs. A legal approach to the interaction of two novel technological breakthroughs
Papadouli, V. & Papakonstantinou, V., 1 Nov 2023, In: Computer Law and Security Review. 51, 51, p. 1-16 16 p., 105869.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile8 Citations (Scopus)115 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Panel discussion
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Speaker)
7 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Novel concepts in digital states and their structures
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Speaker)
25 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Entrepreneurship
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Lecturer)
1 Jan 2023 → 30 Jun 2023Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Personal data processing within immersive virtual worlds: Compliance challenges of the GDPR
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Speaker) & Pablo Rodrigo Trigo Kramcsak (Speaker)
31 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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PhD defence - CHIARA Pier Giorgio (Event)
Vagelis Papakonstantinou (Chair)
28 Mar 2023Activity: Membership › Supervisor of external PhD
Press/Media
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Op-Ed: “Expiration of the Time Limit for bringing an Action challenging the dismissal – obsolete in Context of Pregnancy? –Outlook of CJEUs’ ‘Haus Jacobus’ Decision”
Daniel Wasser, Vagelis Papakonstantinou & Maximilian Jobst
16/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Dismissing data protection officers in Germany – a matter of good cause and major difficulties for employers!
Daniel Wasser, Nardin Maarouf-Wasser & Vagelis Papakonstantinou
9/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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As strict as you like - the data protection officers protection against dismissal according to the GDPR
Daniel Wasser, Nardin Maarouf-Wasser & Vagelis Papakonstantinou
30/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Whistleblowing Directive not yet transposed - obligation for corporations to implement whistleblowing or `so what about it´?
Daniel Wasser & Vagelis Papakonstantinou
24/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Data Protection and Cybersecurity with Vagelis Papakonstantinou
26/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other