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In for the long ride? Law and technology education in the UK and its utility in pursuing responsible tech careers (2024)
Journal Article
Aidinlis, S. (in press). In for the long ride? Law and technology education in the UK and its utility in pursuing responsible tech careers. The Law Teacher, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2024.2336882

Can law graduates contribute to the development of fair technology in a world where rapid technological innovation often outpaces societal considerations? This paper explores the gap between the skills required for a career in “responsible tech” and... Read More about In for the long ride? Law and technology education in the UK and its utility in pursuing responsible tech careers.

Government-to-Business (G2B) research data sharing and the GDPR: Reconciling the public with the private? (2022)
Book Chapter
Aidinlis, S. (2022). Government-to-Business (G2B) research data sharing and the GDPR: Reconciling the public with the private?. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371682.00014

The use of advanced big data analytics to inform the design and implementation of government policies is often impossible without the formation of data sharing partnerships with private actors. Yet, the 'public interest' under article 6(1)(e) GDPR is... Read More about Government-to-Business (G2B) research data sharing and the GDPR: Reconciling the public with the private?.

Providing Access to Justice Data for Legal/Tech Innovation in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, H., Aidinlis, S., Armour, J., & Adams-Prassl, J. (2021, September). Providing Access to Justice Data for Legal/Tech Innovation in the UK. Paper presented at Data for Policy 2021: The sixth international Data for Policy conference ‘Lessons for data-policy interactions after Covid-19’

The Right to Be Forgotten as a Fundamental Right in the UK After Brexit (2020)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2020). The Right to Be Forgotten as a Fundamental Right in the UK After Brexit. SSRN,

Will Brexit diminish digital rights protection in the UK or are domestic institutions better-placed to deliver such protection unencumbered by the oversight of EU institutions? This article scrutinises the validity of conflicting arguments about the... Read More about The Right to Be Forgotten as a Fundamental Right in the UK After Brexit.

Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2019). Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions. International Journal of Population Data Science, https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i1.1093

IntroductionAnalysis of linked health data can generate important, even life-saving, insights into population health. Yet obstacles both legal and organisational in nature can impede this work. 
 ApproachWe focus on three UK infrastructures set... Read More about Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions.

Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research: (2019)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2019). Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research:. https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2019/1/8

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) seeks to balance the public interest in research with privacy rights of individuals, in particular, through research exemptions and safeguards set out in Article 89. While this affords Member States... Read More about Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research:.

Custodian Legal Culture - Enabling Multi-Stakeholder Research Collaborations Between Academia and Government in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2018). Custodian Legal Culture - Enabling Multi-Stakeholder Research Collaborations Between Academia and Government in the UK. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.476

BackgroundEmpirical studies suggest that some public bodies in England are very reluctant to grant access to administrative data for various purposes. This poster presents the conclusions drawn in my so-far research on the driving forces of administr... Read More about Custodian Legal Culture - Enabling Multi-Stakeholder Research Collaborations Between Academia and Government in the UK.

Are ‘pseudonymised’ data always personal data? Implications of the GDPR for administrative data research in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2018). Are ‘pseudonymised’ data always personal data? Implications of the GDPR for administrative data research in the UK. Computer Law and Security Review, 222 - 233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2018.01.002

There has naturally been a good deal of discussion of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation. One issue of interest to all data controllers, and of particular concern for researchers, is whether the GDPR expands the scope of personal data... Read More about Are ‘pseudonymised’ data always personal data? Implications of the GDPR for administrative data research in the UK.

The Data Protection Bill – virtues out of necessity? (2017)
Journal Article
Mourby, M., Aidinlis, S., & Smith, H. (2017). The Data Protection Bill – virtues out of necessity?. New Law Journal,

A number of claims have been made for the Data Protection Bill, as it serves a number of purposes—modernisation, ensuring data flows post-Brexit, and exercising derogations under the GDPR to create a more ‘nationalised’ law.