BOOK LAUNCH : EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime

Please join us at Trinity College Dublin on the evening of Thursday 9th October 6pm-7.30pm for the following book launch : Nóra Ní Loideain, EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime: Data Retention and Policymaking (Oxford University Press 2025)

Date of Event:	Thursday 9 October 2025
Time:	6.00pm-7.30pm
CPD Hours/Points:	1.5
Venue:	TRISS Seminar Room, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

The event will bring leading legal experts and practitioners together to discuss the themes and findings from the book (details here) concerning the right to privacy in the EU and ECHR legal orders and its future within the context of serious crime and national security in an era of AI and data-driven surveillance.

Topics also to be covered include the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and European Court of Human Rights, the EU’s ‘Better Regulation’ and ‘Simplification’ reform programme and the European Commission’s consultation on the future of data retention law and law enforcement access.

Panellists:

Mr Justice Anthony M. Collins is a Judge of the Court of Appeal. He previously served as an Advocate-General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (2021-2024) and Judge at the General Court of the European Union (2013-2021), where he was elected President of Chamber for two terms starting in September 2016. Mr Collins is President of the Irish Centre for European Law, an Adjunct Professor of Law at University College Cork, and a Bencher of the Honourable Society of King’s Inns

Anna Buchta is Head of Unit “Policy & Consultation” at the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), coordinating the work of the EDPS on providing advice to the EU legislators on legislative and policy proposals relevant to data protection. She has extensive experience in data protection and privacy regulations, institutional law and litigation before the Court of Justice. Previously, Anna worked at the European Commission, among others on data privacy in electronic communications. Before that, she was a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI, currently CITIP) at KU Leuven (Belgium) and worked as a lawyer in private practice. Anna has a master's degree in Law from the University of Warsaw and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the KU Leuven (Belgium).

Dr Nóra Ní Loideain is Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Information Law & Policy Centre, IALS, University of London, where she teaches and researches in the fields of digital rights, data protection, European human rights law, and EU law. She is joint Editor-in-Chief of International Data Privacy Law (Oxford University Press) and an appointed independent advisor to the UK Home Office on matters concerning the policy and governance of biometrics and public safety. Prior to her academic career, Nóra was a Legal and Policy Officer for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of Ireland and clerked for the Irish Supreme Court. She holds BA, LLB, and LLM (Public Law) degrees from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and was awarded a PhD in law by the University of Cambridge.

David Fennelly is an Assistant Professor in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, and a Senior Counsel practising from the Law Library, Dublin.

Reservations:

Attendance is free but please register at the following link: here
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