Bart van der Sloot is a researcher at the Institute for Information Law. He specializes in privacy, but is also interested in the liability of internet intermediaries, internet regulation and copyright issues on the web. 

He is the coordinator of the Amsterdam Platform for Privacy Research (APPR), which incorporates about 50 researches from the University of Amsterdam, who in their daily research and teaching focus on privacy related issues. They do so from different perspectives, such as law, philosophy, economics, informatics, medicine, communication studies, political science, etc.

In October 2012 APPR organizes a four-day, interdisciplinary, international privacy conference in Amsterdam. Finally, Bart van der Sloot also coordinates the interdisciplinary course on privacy in collaboration with the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. 

Bart van der Sloot studied Law, Management and Philosophy at the Universities of Nijmegen, Amsterdam, Perugia and Bologna. In 2009 he graduated in Philosophy with the masters thesis, 'Liberty, equality and legitimacy. Reflections on the French Revolution by Hegel and Burke.' In 2010 he graduated in Law with the masters thesis, 'The scope of force. A paper on the state of necessity.' Furthermore, in 2008 he completed the interdisciplinary Honours programme of the Radboud University Nijmegen.
 

On the fabrication of sausages, or of Open Government and Private Data, JeDEM, 2011-2, p. 1-16.

Governments have become increasingly open and transparent over the last few years. Originally, this trend was largely based on the desire to give citizens access to governmental information, so that state policies and regulatory practices could be controlled and debated. The right to access of governmental data was directly linked with democratic values such as autonomous citizenship, public debate and control on governmental power. In the beginning of this century, emphasis has shifted to a new ground for requiring transparency, namely the re-use of public sector information. Re-use of governmental data by third parties is mostly executed by market parties with commercial interests. The principles of open government and data re-use specifically conflict with intellectual property and privacy rights. This article analyses the tension between open government policies and the protection of personal information from a legal perspective. Finally, it assesses whether and if so, how the two principles can be reconciled.

06.01.2012

(with M.B.M. Loos, N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K.J. Cseres & R. Tigner) Analysis of the applicable legal frameworks and suggestions for the contours of a model system of consumer protection in relation to digital content contracts, Final Report, Comparative analysis, Law & Economics analysis, assessment and development of recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts.

More information on the website of the European Commission.

23.11.2011

(with N.A.N.M. van Eijk) How Television went digital in the Netherlands, Mapping Digital Media: reference series no. 11, September 2011.

11.10.2011

Public Sector Information & Data Protection: A plea for personal privacy settings for the re-use of PSI, Informatica e Diritto, Fascicolo 1-2, 2011, p. 219-236.

11.10.2011

(with J.J.C. Kabel, M. Antic, A. Lagemaat & M. van Stekelenburg)   To what extent should on-line intermediaries (such as ISPs and operators of online market places) be responsible for the control or prohibition of unfair competitive practices (in particular sales of products contrary to the law) carried out on their systems?, Dutch Report for the LIDC Congress in Oxford (22-24 September 2011).

See also the adopted resolution (24/09/2011).
See also the international report by T. Cook.

29.07.2011

(with  M.M.M. van Eechoud, S.J. van Gompel, L. Guibault, & P.B. Hugenholtz) Report of the Netherlands for ALAI 2011 Study Days (Dublin).

19.05.2011

Virtual Identity and Virtual Privacy: towards a Concept of Regulation by Analogy, eGov Präsenz, 2011-1, p. 41-43.

The right to privacy protects the unimpeded creation of one's personal identity without external infringements. This protection is essential for the development of independent citizens, which properly functioning democratic states cannot do without. As a growing number of people share their identity on the Internet, there is an increasing demand for privacy rights that protect the unimpeded creation of the virtual identity. The right to virtual privacy ensures the independent development of one's virtual personality, and also offers an opportunity for regulating cyberspace in an innovative way.

01.03.2011

Updated 10.02.2012