Blogdroiteuropéen breaks its publication for the Summer. The e-conference on « Data protection Issues and Covid-19: Comparative Perspectives » (organised by Dr. Yseult Marique, Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex and FÖV Speyer and Dr. Olivia Tambou, Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine, External Scientific Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Luxembourg, and Founder- Editor of Blogdroiteuropeen) will go on with updated information and new pieces at the beginning of the academic year 2020-21. Please subscribe to blogdroiteuropeen, so you don’t miss a publication. If you are interested to contribute for our September session feel free to contact us at blogdroiteuropeen@gmail.com.

Enjoy a lovely Summer break. Take the time to read the pieces featured in our e-conference. Here is a quick recap for ease of consultation.

• Data Protection Issues and Covid-19 : Comparative Perspectives, Opening remarks, by Olivia Tambou (Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine, External Scientific Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Luxembourg, and Founder- Editor of Blogdroiteuropeen)

General overview, including general comments on tracing apps in Europe

• Covid-19 and data protection in Spain, by Rosario García Mahamut (Jaume I University I. Castellón)
• Covid-19 & data protection in Portugal, by Rui Tavares Lanceiro (Universidade de Lisboa)
• Taming the COVID-19, not the GDPR: the case of Greece, by Vassilis Hatzopoulos (Panteion University, Athens and College of Europe, Bruges)
• Covid-19 and data protection in Germany, by Johannes Müller and Christian Geminn (Universität Kassel)
• Data protection and freedom of information in Hungary: The latest casualties of Covid-19?, by Petra Lancos (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
• Data Protection Issues and Covid-19 – Switzerland, by Alexia Pato (University of Bonn)
• Covid-19 and data protection in the UK: cybersecurity, by Audrey Guinchard (University of Essex)
• Data protection and the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden, by Patricia Jonason (Södertörn University)
• Protection of personal data during pandemic in Lithuania, by Miglė Petkevičienė (Associate Partner of Law Firm Ellex Valiunas, Member of the Board of the Lithuanian Association of Data Protection Officers, Vilnius)
• Data protection issues related to Covid-19 in France – part one: issues on health data processing, by Olivia Tambou (University of Paris-Dauphine)
• Covid-19 & data protection in the Netherlands: contact tracing app and automated collection of location data, by Raphael Gellert (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
• New powers accorded to the police due to Covid-19 in Slovenia, by Nataša Pirc Musar (Attorney at Law, ex Information Commissioner – Slovernia)

Special focus on tracing apps in Europe

• The involvement of the academic community and civil society in the tracing saga in Belgium, by Elise Degrave (University of Namur)
• Germany’s search for a viable tracing app, by Johannes Müller and Christian Geminn (Universität Kassel)
• Covid-19 and data protection in Ireland, by Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University)
• The Italian Covid-19 Exposure Alert App: history and legal issues of “Immuni, by Gianclaudio Malgieri (incoming Associate Professor of Law and Technology at the EDHEC Business School in Lille)
• Legislating for the UK Government’s Covid-19 Contact Tracing App, by Oliver Butler (Fellow, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

E-learning in Europe

• Data protection first, education second?, by Jonas Botta (University of Speyer)
• Emergency Remote Teaching and digital data privacy: first instructions from Italy, by Rossana Duccato (University of Aberdeen)
• Online evaluation procedures and data protection: the collection and recording of images in Spain, by Mónica Arenas Ramiro (University of Alcalá) and Ricard Martínez Martinez (University of Valencia)

Techniques of intrusive surveillance in Europe

• Data protection issues related to Covid-19 in France – part two: control of some intrusive surveillance by public authorities, by Olivia Tambou (University of Paris-Dauphine)
• Drone use in the fight against Covid-19: surveillance and privacy issues, by Cristina Pauner Chulvi (University Jaume I. Castellón)

Beyond Europe

• The Political Life of COVIDSafe Contact Tracing in Australia, by Jake Goldenfein (Melbourne Law School)
• Brazilian Data Protection under Covid-19: Juridical Certainty is the Main Casualty, by Nicolo Zingales and Luca Belli (FGV Rio de Janeiro)
• Tracing applications in Canada – Lessons on how to regulate artificial intelligence, by Vincent Gautrais (Université de Montréal)
• Counterterrorism measures to counter epidemics: Covid-19 contact tracing in Israel, by Amir Cahane (visiting scholar in The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center—Cyber Law Program)
• Covid-19 and Data Protection in Japan, by Hiroshi Miyashita (Chuo University)
• Data Protection during Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, by Melody Musoni (University of Witwatersrand)

Transversal topics

• Immunity passports, by Iñigo de Miguel Beriain (University of the Basque Country)
• Covid-19 and data protection in the European Union: a platform worker’s perspective, by Claire Marzo (Université Paris-Est)
• Zoom and the data protection quagmire, by Alexia Pato (University of Bonn)

Last but not least, at the moment of pausing this e-conference for the Summer break, we would like to thank all the contributors who have so kindly accepted to join this project with enthusiasm to share their legal expertise. It has been really nice to work with you over the last few weeks!