Data Protection Moot Court: advocate a case in the light of the Digital Omnibus

  • Workshop
  • Music Room
  • Thursday 21.05 — 11:50 - 13:05

Organising Institution

Data Protection Moot Court

Europe

The Data Protection Moot Court is an online international competition for law students and recent graduates, in cooperation with the University of Vienna. Participants have the possibility to apply legal reasoning working in a team as representatives of a data subject or data controller in a practical case.
The Data Protection Moot Court (DPMC), supported by noyb and the University of Vienna, is an international competition for law students, willing to apply legal reasoning to a fictional data protection related case. They immerse themselves in the role of a legal representative of either a data subject or data controller. Bringing this format to the CPDP 2026, this interactive workshop simulates a complaint procedure before a Data Protection Authority, allowing participants to find and present arguments in small groups. The case will address key issues such as the processing of health data in a scientific research context and the use of AI for scientific research purposes. To give the case a special twist, it will take into account some amendments proposed by the Digital Omnibus framework. The workshop offers a hands-on opportunity to explore the DPMC and to explore future data protection challenges in health-related scientific research.