Data Protection and Digital Sovereignty Post-Brexit

Edoardo Celeste is Associate Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation at Dublin City University, Ireland. Róisín Á Costello is Assistant Professor of EU Law at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Edina Harbinja is Senior Lecturer in Law at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Napoleon Xanthoulis is Senior Lecturer in Law at Southampton Law School, UK.

Foreword, Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University, Ireland)

1. Introduction, Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University, Ireland), Róisín Á Costello (Dublin City University, Ireland), Edina Harbinja (Aston University, UK) and Napoleon Xanthoulis (Southampton Law School, UK)

Part 1: Towards a New UK Data Protection Model?

2. Post-Brexit UK Data Protection: Staying the Course or Charting a New Direction? Karen Mc Cullagh (University of East Anglia, UK)

3. Brexit and Data Protection Law: A Missed Opportunity for Innovative Reform?, Henry Pearce (University of Portsmouth, UK)


Part 2: The Precarious Equilibrium Of The Uk Adequacy Decision: Law Enforcement And National Security

4. Counter-terrorism, Information Sharing and Law Enforcement Cooperation Post-Brexit, Christine Andreeva (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic)

5. An (In)adequate Data Protection Regime After Brexit? Bulk Surveillance Powers, National Security and the Future Of EU-UK Data Transfers, Sotirios Santatzoglou (Keele University, UK) and Maria Tzanou (Keele University, UK)

6. ‘Serious and Systemic’? Live Facial Recognition Technology in the United Kingdom and its Impact on Adequacy, Allison M Holmes (University of Kent, UK)


Part 3: Parallel Challenges: Regulating Artificial Intelligence And Beyond

7. Regulation vs Innovation? A Comparative Analysis of EU And UK Policy Responses on Artificial Intelligence, Lilian Mitrou (University of the Aegean, Greece)

8. Regulatory Divergence: The Effects of UK Technology Law Reforms on Data Protection and International Transfers, Edina Harbinja (Aston University, UK)


Part 4: Digital Sovereignty Tensions And Cross-Border Cooperation Mechanisms

9. The Brussels Effect: Regulatory Standard-Setting and Constitutional Conflicts in Post-Brexit Privacy Law, Róisín Á Costello (Dublin City University, Ireland)

10. Brexit and the Risks of Digital Sovereignism, Edoardo Celeste (Dublin City University, Ireland)

11. Towards a Successful Cross-Border Regulatory Cooperation, Peter Hustinx (UK Information Commissioner’s Office, UK)