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Strasbourg 27 JANUARY 2023

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Congratulations to the winners of Stefano Rodotà Data Protection Award 2023

Among the 31 applications received, many of them being excellent, the Jury of the Stefano Rodotà Award 2023, composed by the members of the Bureau of the Committee of Convention 108, decided to grant

in the “thesis works” category, Janis Ching Wong for her thesis titled “Co-creating data protection solutions through a Commons”
in the “articles” category, Sebastiao Bernardo Bruco Geraldes de Barros Vale, Katerina Demetzou and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, co-authors of a piece of work titled “The Thin Red Line: Refocusing Data Protection Law on ADM, A Global Perspective with Lessons from Case-Law”.
Furthermore, as the award rules allow it, the jury has decided to give a special mention to Francesca Musiani and Ksenia Ermoshina for their work « Concealing for Freedom: The Making of Encryption, Secure Messaging and Digital Liberties “

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