Short BIO

Dr. Ronald Leenes is associate professor in IT, law and (new) technology at TILT, the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (Tilburg University). His primary research interest is regulation of, and by, technology, in particular applied to privacy and identity management, and Online Dispute Resolution. Leenes (1964) received his PhD for a study on hard cases in law and Artificial Intelligence and Law from the University of Twente. Ronald was work package leader in the EU FP6 PRIME project. Currently he leads a work package on access control in social networks in the FP7 PrimeLife project. He has contributed to and edited various deliverables for the EU FP6 Network of Excellence 'Future of IDentity in the Information Society' (FIDIS), and he participates in the Network of Excellence 'Legal Framework for the Information Society' (LEFIS).

Ronald was Secretary of IFIP WG 8.5 'Information Systems in Public Administration' and Secretary/treasurer of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and law (IAAIL). He served on the programme commission of various international E-government and AI and Law conferences.

 

CPDP Conferences

Member of the organising committee and the scientific committee.

 

CPCP Conference 2012

Hosting of the CPDP2012 'PhD & Early Stage Researchers evening' on Wednesday 25th

Hosting of the CPDP2012 'PhD & Early Stage Researchers evening' on Thursday 26th

 

CPDP Conference 2011 presentation

Social Network Sites (SNS) are very popular social media, especially amongst teenagers. The amount of (intimate) personal data disclosed by the participants on these networks has raised many eyebrows by the privacy concerned and SNSs are more and more seen as privacy disasters. Many studies and reports point at raising the awareness of the SNS users regarding the privacy issues. This advice misses the point. SNS users know the risks and yet engage in exhibitionist behaviour. The reason for this can be found in the social dynamic of the networks. SNSs are essential tools for teenagers to develop their identity, learn how to behave in groups and build social capital. This presentation will provide a sociological analysis of Social Network Sites and explore ways to limit the privacy issues keeping in mind the social function of the networks.

 

On-line publications

'Code' and Privacy - Or How Technology is Slowly Eroding Privacy ESSAYS ON THE NORMATIVE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, Netherlands, 2005 Ronald E. Leenes and Bert-Jaap Koops Tilburg University - Faculty of Law and Tilburg University - Faculty of Law (TILT)

Do You Know Me? Decomposing Identifiability Tilburg University Legal Studies Working Paper No. 001/2008, TILT Law & Technology Working Paper Series No. 006/2008 To appear in University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal, vol 4, issue 1.

ID Theft, ID Fraud and/or ID-Related Crime - Definitions Matter Datenschutz und Datensicherheit, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 553-556, 2006