Els Kindt
Associate Professor
- Name
- Dr. E.J. Kindt LLM
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 8838
- e.j.kindt@law.leidenuniv.nl
Els Kindt is since september 2016 a visiting Associate Professor and Researcher at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies.
More information about Els Kindt
Biography
Els Kindt obtained a Ph.D in law from KU Leuven Belgium on the topic of data protection aspects of biometric technologies. She teaches European Data Protection Law en Electronic Contracts at KU Leuven Campus Brussel and is a senior researcher at Citip, KU Leuven. She is also a lawyer at the Brussels Bar.
Research activities and interests
Els Kindt has been and is involved in various research projects, mainly funded by the EU Commission. Her area of research covers various domains including identity management, automated border control, biometrics and recently also new technologies for disaster management. She is also a (replacing) Member of the Belgian Privacy Commission at the National Registry Committee.
Associate Professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Metajuridica
- eLaw@Leiden
- Kindt E.J. & Fontanillo López C.A. (2023), Legal aspects of image morphing and image manipulation attack detection technology. In: Marcel S., Fierrez J. & Evans N. (Eds.), Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing: Presentation Attack Detection and Vulnerability Assessment. Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Singapore: Springer. 547-570.
- Kindt E.J. (2023), Waardigheid, autonomie en zelfbeschikking: vergeten waarden in de digitale werkomgeving?, Privacy & Informatie 2023(3): 97 (P&I 2023/109).
- Kindt E.J. (2022), Biometric data processing: Is the legislator keeping up or just keeping up appearances?. In: Gonzalez Fuster G., Van Brakel R. & De Hert P. (Eds.), Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law: Values, Norms and Global Politics. Research Handbooks in Information Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 375-401.
- Kindt E.J. (2019), Chapter 21. A legal perspective on the relevance of biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) for payment services under PSDII and the GDPR. In: Marcel S., Nixon M.S., Fierrez J. & Evans N. (Eds.), Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing: Presentation Attack Detection, Second edition. Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Cham: Springer. 481-501.
- Kindt E.J. (2018), Having yes, using no? About the new legal regime for biometric data, Computer Law and Security Review 34(3): 523-538.
- Ducuing Ch., Schroers J. & Kindt E.J., annotation: Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) 5 June 2018, no. C-210/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:388. EDPL 4: 547-553 (The Wirtschaftsakademie fan page decision: a landmark on joint controllership – a challenge for supervisory authorities competences).
- Kindt E.J. (2018), De nieuwe Algemene Verordening (EU) 2016/679 Gegevensbescherming : Capita Selecta. In: Janssens M.C. (Ed.), IP en ICT recht. Brugge: Die Keure. 1-22.
- Kindt E.J., annotation: EHRM 22 February 2018, no. 588/13, ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0222JUD000058813, Computerrecht 2018(4): 216-223 (2018/163 Computerrecht 2018/163 Wie zoekt, die vindt? Over ‘persoonlijke documenten’ op werkcomputers van werknemers (Libert t. Frankrijk)).
- Kindt E.J. (2017), Grondige analyse en beoordeling vereist. Gevolgen van de nieuwe Europese verordening voor leerplatformen, TH&MA: Tijdschrift voor Hoger Onderwijs en Management : 34-38.
- Kindt E.J. (2016), Why research may no longer be the same: About the territorial scope of the New Data Protection Regulation, Computer Law and Security Review 32(5): 729-748.
- Kindt E.J. (2016), Wat brengt de nieuwe Verordening Gegevensbescherming?: Een eerste kritische analyse. In: VRG (Ed.), Recht in beweging: VRG-Alumniboek 2016. Antwerpen-Apeldoorn: Maklu. 489-506.
- Kindt E.J. & Hof S. van der (2016), Schoolplatformen en Verordening (EU) 2016/679: wat zijn de nieuwe verplichtingen en de rechten van het kind?, Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Onderwijsbeleid 2016/2017(4): 281-293.
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