CPDP Book Series – Volume 18
Working Title: Data Protection, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence: The World is Watching

The Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) book series, published by Hart Publishing, is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed publication offering cutting-edge research on the evolving landscape of privacy and data protection. It features legal, regulatory, technological, and academic perspectives on key issues discussed annually at the CPDP conference in Brussels.

Since 2009, the series has brought together leading voices from law, technology, policy, and academia. Contributions have explored recent developments in data protection law, privacy-by-design, privacy-enhancing technologies, and the implications of emerging technologies such as conversational agents, machine learning, the Internet of Things, and AI. The books aim to provide forward-looking insights and provoke critical debate, making them a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike.

For the upcoming volume, we invite submissions of original academic work that engages with the theme "Data Protection, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence: The World is Watching." Contributions should align with the broader 2025 conference theme, as described in the CPDP Call for Papers and Call for Panels available on our website. The book will also include selected papers from the CPDPai2025 Academic Sessions.

• Manuscripts must be anonymised and submitted via our submission platform (here).
• Contributions must be between 5,000 and 12,000 words (including footnotes and bibliography).
• Submission deadline: 25 July 2025.
• All submissions will undergo blind peer review, coordinated by the volume’s editors. Authors will receive reviewer feedback and may submit a rebuttal. Reviewers will also assess referencing and overall language quality (see guidelines below).

Our goal is to publish the eighteenth volume ahead of the next CPDP conference in May 2026. The review and editorial process will take place in August and September 2025, with final manuscript preparation planned for early October.

For any questions, please contact: jonas@privacysalon.org. 

Note: Authors who submitted to the CPDPai2025 Call for Papers will automatically be considered for inclusion in the book and do not need to resubmit.

If you intend to propose a contribution as an author, there are a number of important issues we want to make you aware of from the outset.
 

1.  Only original and unpublished work, not submitted anywhere else, should be submitted to the book.
    
2. The total amount of royalties generated by the book will be transferred to a Privacy Salon-account and will be integrally used for the organization of the next CPDP conference.
    
3. Hart requires every author of a contribution to accept and sign the contributor form. Details about the procedure for submitting this form will be sent to the corresponding authors after review and acceptance of the papers.
    
4. Only chapters that adhere to academic standards will be accepted for the book.
    
5. The peer review process will also evaluate the quality of English. In order to make the costly and intense process of language review easier, we would appreciate it if the authors would only submit contributions written in the best possible English. 
    
6. Authors are required to notify the editors of any use of AI systems or tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, etc.) in the preparation of their manuscript. The editors reserve the right to decline a submission based on the nature or extent of AI involvement, or to request that an appropriate disclaimer be included in the final version of the chapter.
    
7. Contributions must be submitted for review in Word or PDF format. Files shall be titled after the submitters’ last name(s) and title of the paper.
    
8. Contributions need to be anonymized for blind peer review. The text of the submission shall not include the name of the author(s), and all self-references should be deleted, including project and funding information. 
    
9. Each contribution must use footnotes (not endnotes) numbered consecutively. Each contribution must also provide a Bibliography, listing all the sources used by the authors. Regarding numbering, the decimal system should be used: i.e. for Chapter X, each heading will be numbered X.1, X.2, X.3, etc., and each subheading X.1.1., X.1.2, X. 1.3, etc. and each subsubheading X.1.1.1., X.1.1.2, X.1.1.3. etc.
    
10. Authors must make use of the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
    and http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html), and more precisely the humanities style (notes N, and B bibliography) and not the author-date system. Here are some examples:
     

• One author
  N: 1. Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1999), 65.
  B: Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
   
• Two authors
  N: 6. Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar, Primate Conservation Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 104–7.
  B: Cowlishaw, Guy, and Robin Dunbar. Primate Conservation Biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
   
• Four or more authors
  N: 13. Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), 262.
  B: Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
   
• Chapter or other part of a book
  N: 5. Andrew Wiese, “‘The House I Live In’: Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States,” in The New Suburban History, ed. Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), 101–2.
  B: Wiese, Andrew. “‘The House I Live In’: Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States.” In The New Suburban History, edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, 99–119. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
   
• Journal article
  N: 8. John Maynard Smith, “The Origin of Altruism,” Nature 393 (1998): 639. B: Smith, John Maynard. “The Origin of Altruism.” Nature 393 (1998): 639–40.

We hope that these guidelines are clear and helpful, but don’t hesitate to contact the editors at jonas@privacysalon.org if you have still questions.