Data Governance, Data Protection and Privacy
This action (WP5) aims to analyze, in a multi-disciplinary perspective, why and how specific forms of data governance emerge as well as the consequences on the interaction between the state, the market and society. The focus will be on the challenges raised by the collection and use of data for privacy, on the data subjects’ rights and on the obligations of data controllers and processors. A Privacy Impact/Risk assessments methodology and software will be proposed. A case study will focus on medical and health data and make recommendations on how they should be collected and processed.
- Théodore Christakis wrote an opinion column in Le Monde (2018.01.16)

Raouf Kerkouche has been recruited since January 2018 as a PhD student in the Privatics team, at Inria. He's working on "Privacy-Preserving Processing of Medical Data", directed by Claude Castelluccia. The main goal of his project is to study the problem of medical data privacy and propose privacy-preserving solutions. Another objective is to design Privacy-preserving Machine-learning algorithms.

Camille Dubedout is a PhD student since October 2018 at the center for studies on international security and European cooperation (Cesice) and the national agency for information systems security (Anssi). Entitled "Circulation, security and data governance in smart territories", her thesis proposes a new cross-disciplinary and comparative approach of smart territories with the cases of Lyon, Dijon, Barcelona and Copenhagen. Her doctoral research is led by Theodore Christakis (co-director of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute) and co-supervised by members of the regulatory framework of Digital Security.
Activities
- Microsoft #TechTalk with Théodore Christakison the January 18, 2021Microsoft recorded a #TechTalk with Professor Théodore Christakis about e-evidence. It was recorded on 22 January 2020 but was posted now (delayed due to the sanitary crisis).
- Focus on... Mathias Becuywe, Stéphanie Beltran Gautron and the AI Regulationon the January 14, 2021Mathias Becuywe and Stéphanie Beltran Gautron were hired in September 2019 by the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute to work on E-evidence, international data transfers and on data protection and the GDPR within the framework of the development of AI. They contributed to the creation of the AI-regulation.com website.
- Focus on... Claude Castelluccia and the contact tracing appson the December 14, 2020Claude Castelluccia is co-header of our WP5: Data Governance, Data Protection and Privacy. He is a research director in the Inria Privatics team working on privacy protection in the digital world. He has been actively involved in the design of TousAntiCovid, the smartphone application deployed by the government to curb the coronavirus epidemic.
- This Study by Prof. Théodore Christakis discusses extensively the concept of "European Digital Sovereignty". It presents the opportunities opened by the concept but also the risks and pitfalls. It provides a panorama of the major debates and developments related to digital/cyber issues in Europe.
- Prof. Theodore Christakis analysed the publication of the post-Schrems II “Recommendations” by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).
- First detailed analysis of Schrems II CJEUon the September 7, 2020Prof. Theodore Christakis wrote an article about Schrems II by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU). He analyses it as a constitutional judgment and discusses 9 huge uncertainties created by the judgment, possible solutions and the constitutional implications for the EU and greater Europe.
- The Lyon 1 and Grenoble Alpes university libraries are pleased to announce the launch of the datacc.org site, which offers a support service on data management in physics and chemistry. This site was developed in partnership with the 'INIST and DoraNum as part of a CollEx-Persée project.
- EIT Health CG Submission to EC’s Data Strategy and AI White Paperon the June 15, 2020EIT Health submitted a contribution to the European Commission to inform ongoing discussions related to their Data Strategy and AI White Paper. Prof. Théodore Christakis represents the Grenoble Alpes University (MIAI and Grenoble Alpes Data Institute) in the EIT Health Consultative Group.
- DESIRE: A Third Way for a European Exposure Notification Systemon the May 9, 2020Claude Castelluccia, co-chair of WP5 of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute, and other members of the INRIA Privatics Team affiliated with WP5, have published the Protocole “DESIRE: A Third Way for a European Exposure Notification System” - an approach that wishes to leverage the best of centralized and decentralized systems in relation with contact-tracing Apps.
- The legal nature of the UK-US CLOUD Agreementon the April 20, 2020In this new article, posted with the Cross Border Data Forum, Theodore Christakis, co-director of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute and Kenneth Propp, Professor at Georgetown University, examine the legal status of the UK-US CLOUD Act Agreement under International and US Law.
- E-evidence in the EU Parliament : Basic Features of Brigit Sippel’s Draft Reporton the February 7, 2020Professor Theodore Christakis, Co-Director of the Grenoble Apes Data Institute takes a new look at the European’s Parlement work on access to E-Evidence in an article published with the European Law Blog: E-Evidence in the EU Parliament: Basic Features of Birgit Sippel’s Draft Report.
- In his new study Professor Theodore Christakis, Co-Director of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute, offers a detailed analysis of the EU Parliament’s new Draft Report on E-Evidence.
- Focus on... Raouf Kerkouche and Privacy-Preserving Processing of Medical Dataon the January 9, 2020Raouf Kerkouche is a PhD student at Inria Grenoble center in the Privatics team. He works on “Privacy-Preserving Processing of Medical Data”. His thesis is funded by the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute in the framework of the WP5 “Data Governance, Data Protection and Privacy”.
- National security, surveillance and human rightson the December 1, 2019Théodore Christakis and Katia Bouslimani, from CESICE laboratory, Grenoble Alpes University, wrote a chapter about surveillance in a book edited by the Oxford University Press.
- Summary of the workshop "E-Evidence : The Way Forward"on the November 6, 2019The workshop “E-Evidence: The Way Forward", organised by the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute in cooperation with Microsoft and the Cross Border Data Forum, took place in Brussels on 25th September 2019. Experts from more than ten countries discussed how to "get E-Evidence right". The summary written by Prof. Théodore Christakis with the introduction of Rapporteur MEP Birgit Sippel is now online.
- Theodore Christakis has just published "21 Thoughts and Questions about the UK/US CLOUD Act Agreement: (and an Explanation of How it Works – with Charts)"
- Data Institute Seminar: Resa Shokrion the July 8, 2019Reza Shokri (National University of Singapore) will give a talk on "Trusting Machine Learning: Privacy, Robustness, and Interpretability Challenges". The event will take place on July 8th from 10:00 am in IMAG Building Amphitheatre.
- On the opportunities and risks of Algorithmic Decision Systemson the March 29, 2019Claude Castelluccia and Daniel Le Métayer, Inria research directors and members of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute, have written a report for the European Parliament on the opportunities and risks related to the use of Algorithmic Decision Systems.
- Focus on... Camille Dubedout and smart territorieson the March 20, 2019Camille Dubedout (CESICE/ANSSI) realizes her PhD about smart territories. Her thesis is co-funded by the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute in the framework of the work package 5 “Data Governance, Data Protection and Privacy”.
- Claude Castelluccia received the AMiner's Most Influential Scholar Arwardon the March 15, 2019Claude Castelluccia, who is co-leading the WP5 (Data Governance, Data Protection and Privacy) of the Data Institute, has recently received the AMiner’s Most Influential Scholar Award in recognition of hisoutstanding contributions to the field of Security and Privacy.
- Conference: Decoding digital, the boundary between journalism and activismon the January 17, 2019The Grenoble Alpes Data Institute and the CESICE are pleased to inform you of the holding of a conference entitled "Decoding digital, the boundary between journalism and activism" on January 17, 2019 at the building Simone Veil.
- « Pirater » l'humain. Données, manipulations et enjeux éthiqueson the December 11, 2018Claude Castelluccia from Grenoble Alpes Data Institute will give a talk at the Collège des Bernardin about ""Hacking" the human. Data, manipulations and ethical issues".
- Theodore Christakis appointed to the French Digital Councilon the June 13, 2018Theodore Christakis, Deputy Director of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute, has been appointed as a member of the French Digital Council (CNNum) by an order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on May 29.
- 4th Franco-Japanese Cybersecurity workshopfrom May 15, 2018 to May 18, 2018The 4th Franco-Japanese workshop on cybersecurity will be held from May 15th to 18th in Annecy. This workshop that will bring together some 80 experts and stakeholders from both private and public sector, aims at mapping the current situation of French and Japanese knowledge and strengths in order to promote collaborations between the two countries.
- Workshop: Transparency and opacity of information systemson the April 23, 2018The workshop "Transparency and opacity of information systems" will take place in Lyon on April 23. The Grenoble Alpes Data Institute is pleased to be involved in its organization.
- Going Dark, Going Cyber: Law Enforcement, Cybercriminality and Lawful Access to Dataon the March 16, 2018Mr Jacques MARTINON, Head of the Mission against Cybercrime in the Directorate for Criminal Matters and Graces (DACG) of the Ministry of Justice, will give a conference on March 16 at the MSH-Alpes about “Going Dark, Going Cyber: Law Enforcement, Cybercriminality and Lawful Access to Data”.
- International workshop: The Invisible Man in The Digital Ageon the February 2, 2018The CESICE, the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute, and la Maison Française d'Oxford are pleased to inform you of the holding of a workshop entitled "The invisible Man in the Digital Age: From Anonymity to Invisibilty ? " in Oxford on February 2, 2018
- The Grenoble Alpes Data Institute organized a workshop on Intelligence Oversight the 14th November 2017. More than 100 persons attended to the workshop that took place at Inria, Montbonnot.
- Theodore Christakis has just published his legal study for CEIS and Microsoft in the so-called "Microsoft Ireland Warrant Case" between the US government and Microsoft in the United States Supreme Court.
- Workshop "Intelligence Oversight : Is Human Rights-Preserving Surveillance Possible?"on the November 14, 2017The Grenoble Alpes Data Institute is organizing a workshop on Intelligence Oversight the 14th November 2017 in INRIA, Montbonnot (Grenoble).
- Théodore Christakis wrote an opinion column in Le Monde (2018.01.16)
Recruited
Raouf Kerkouche has been recruited since January 2018 as a PhD student in the Privatics team, at Inria. He's working on "Privacy-Preserving Processing of Medical Data", directed by Claude Castelluccia. The main goal of his project is to study the problem of medical data privacy and propose privacy-preserving solutions. Another objective is to design Privacy-preserving Machine-learning algorithms.
Camille Dubedout is a PhD student since October 2018 at the center for studies on international security and European cooperation (Cesice) and the national agency for information systems security (Anssi). Entitled "Circulation, security and data governance in smart territories", her thesis proposes a new cross-disciplinary and comparative approach of smart territories with the cases of Lyon, Dijon, Barcelona and Copenhagen. Her doctoral research is led by Theodore Christakis (co-director of the Grenoble Alpes Data Institute) and co-supervised by members of the regulatory framework of Digital Security.