For its first edition, the Stefano Rodotà Award is granted to Ingrida Milkaite and Eva Lievens. Their work which investigates privacy and data protection from a children’s rights perspective caught the Jury's attention. This project is in line with the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), which focuses on children's rights on the Internet.
A special mention is granted to Jef Ausloos for his research on the right to informational self-determination through the lens of the right to erasure.
The winners will have the opportunity to present their project at the next plenary session of the Committee of Convention 108, which will be held in Strasbourg on 13 and 14 June 2019.
Intended to be awarded annually on the occasion of Data Protection Day, the Stefano Rodotà Award honours innovative and original academic research projects in the field of data protection. The Prize is awarded in honour and memory of Stefano Rodotà, an eminent Italian lawyer and politician who has devoted much of his life to the promotion of data protection.
The first edition of the award enabled the participation of no less than 43 applicants from Africa, America, Australia and Europe, presenting high quality projects.
More information about the winning projects:
- A children’s rights perspective on privacy and data protection in the digital age
- The Right to Erasure: Safeguard for Informational Self-Determination in a Digital Society?
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