Lebenslauf und Publikationen Dr. Diana Dimitrova

Dr. Diana Dimitrova ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Bereich Immaterialgüterrechte in verteilten Infrastrukturen (IGR) bei FIZ Karlsruhe. Sie forscht und veröffentlicht zu verschiedenen Datenschutzthemen, insb. zu den Rechten der Betroffenen und zu Datenschutzthemen im Migrationskontext. Im August 2021 hat sie an der Vrije Universiteit Brussel zum Thema „Auskunfts- und Berichtigungsrecht im Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts“ promoviert. Sie ist die Co - Redakteurin des „Data Protection Insider“ Newsletters. Diana ist auch Kernmitglied des Programming Ausschusses der jährlichen CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) Konferenz. Davor war sie von 2012-2016 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Juristischen Fakultät der KU Leuven (Belgien), wo sie an Datenschutzthemen im Rahmen von EU FP-7 Projekten geforscht hat. Beim Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten in Brüssel absolvierte sie 2012 ein Praktikum, nachdem sie ihr Masterstudium in Europarecht 2011 an der Universität Leiden (NL) abgeschlossen hatte.

• D. Dimitrova: Ekimdzhiev and Others v. Bulgaria: Secret Surveillance and Electronic Communications Surveillance Only with Adequate Safeguards, or Nothing New Under the Sun. In: The Strasbourg Observers Blog;  March 02, 2022, https://strasbourgobservers.com/2022/03/02/ekimdzhiev-and-others-v-bulgaria-nothing-new-under-the-sun/
• Contribution to the public consultation on the Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights – the right of access, Drechsler, L., Jasmontaite, L., Gkotsopoulou, O. & Dimitrova, D., 23 Mar 2022, 8 p. https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/webform/public_consultation_reply/20220311.EDPB_Guidelines_Access_CLEAN_FINAL.pdf
• D. Dimitrova: Surveillance at the borders: Travellers and their data protection rights, In: Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law. Values, Norms and Global Politics / González Fuster, Gloria; Van Brakel, Rosamunde; De Hert, Paul (eds.); Elger: Cheltenham, 2022; ISBN 978 1 78643 850 8; 480 p.; p. 302-334, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-privacy-and-data-protection-law-9781786438508.html
• D. Dimitrova; T. Quintel, Technological Experimentation Without Adequate Safeguards? Interoperable EU Databases and Access to the Multiple Identity Detector by SIRENE Bureaux  In: Data Protection and Privacy. Data Protection and Artificial IntelligenceISBN: 9781509941759; Computers Privacy and Data Protection, 280 S. London: Hart Publishing, 2021;
• D. Dimitrova: The rise of the personal data quality principle: Is it legal and does it have an impact on the right to recitification? European Journal of Law and Technology, 2021; Vol. 12(3), 23 S. https://www.ejlt.org/index.php/ejlt/article/view/768/1042
• D. Dimitrova, contributor to the „Pilot Project on the Fundamental Rights Review of EU Data Collection instruments and Programmes“, carried out by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and a group of independent experts on behalf of the European Commission, DG JUST.
  http://www.fondazionebrodolini.it/en/projects/pilot-project-fundamental-rights-review-eu-data-collection-instruments-and-programmes
• F. Boehm; D. Dimitrova, Wie sicher ist die Corona-App, Leibniz-Magazin September 2020
• D. Dimitrova; Video Surveillance at Work – In Need of Regulation? (López Ribalda and Others App nos 1874/13 and 8567/13); European Data Protection Law Review, 2020; Vol. 6 (1); S. 152-157,
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2020/1/21
• D. Dimitrova; Right to Explanation under the Right to Access to Personal Data
  In: European Data Protection Law Review, 2020; Vol. 6 (2); S. 211-230,
  https://edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL/2020/2/8
• D. Dimitrova; P. De Hert; The Rigth of Access under the Policy Directive: Small Steps forward
  In: Privacy Technologies and Policy: 6th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2018, Barchelona; Medina, M.; Mitrakas, A.; Rannenberg, K.; Schweighofer, E.; Tsouroulas, N. (Hrsg.); Springer; ISBN 978-3-030-02546-5, S. 111-130, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-02547-2_7
• D. Dimitrova; Data Protection within Police and Judical Cooperation
  in: Specialized Administrative Law of the European Union. A Sectoral Review / Hofmann, Herwig C. H.; Rowe, Gerard C.; Türk, Alexander (Hrsg.) ; Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2018; 720 S.; ISBN 978-0-19-878743-3; S. 204-233
• F. Pichierri, D. Dimitrova, "Smart environments in the health context, self-management and data protection in the STARR project" , in: International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 2018,
  DOI: 10.1080/13600869.2018.1433954
• "Rigas satiksme – The Scope and Limits of Data Protection: Case note"
  in: European Data Protection Law Review (EDPL), 2017, v. 3(3), 418-422,
  DOI: 10.21552/edpl/2017/3/21
• March 2017: "Connecting the dots in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ)– Part I"
  KU Leuven CiTiP Blog, 28.03.2017. https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/connecting-the-dots-in-the-area-of-freedom-security-and-justice-afsj-part-i
• March 2017: "Connecting the dots in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ)– Part II"
  Ku Leuven CiTiP Blog, 30.03.2017. https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/connecting-the-dots-in-the-area-of-freedom-security-and-justice-afsj-part-ii/
• September 2016: “The ‘Rubik’s cube’ of applicable data protection law in the EU,” CiTiP Blog, https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/the-rubiks-cube-of-applicable-data-protection-law-in-the-eu/.
• “The 'Smartification' of EU Borders: When 'Smart' Technology Does Not Come with 'Smart' Safeguards,” CiTiP Working Paper 28/2016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2800115.
• March 2016: Blog published by LSE on “Data Protection at the Schengen borders after Paris.” http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2016/03/14/data-protection-at-the-schengen-borders-after-paris/.
• October 2015: Blog published by LSE on the CJEU’s judgment on Safe Harbour: “(Un)Safe Harbour: Stop! Or the Court of Justice will shoot.” http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/10/06/unsafe-harbour-stop-or-the-court-of-justice-will-shoot/.
• September 2015: Blog published by LSE on ‘The Willems judgement: CJEU’s missed chance to reign in biometric data usage:’ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/09/09/the-willems-judgment-cjeus-missed-chance-to-reign-in-biometric-data-usage/.
• May 2015: Blog published by LSE on ‘Passenger Name Records and data protection issues: busting some myths’: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/05/19/passenger-name-records-and-data-protection-issues-busting-some-myths/.
• Co-authored the article ‘Iris scanners can now identify us from 40 meters away,‘ published by The Conversation: http://theconversation.com/iris-scanners-can-now-identify-us-from-40-feet-away-42141.
• Co-authored a research paper on the topic: Privacy By Design – The Case of Automated Border Control: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2548516. It is also a book chapter in 'Privacy and Identity Management for the Future Internet in the Age of Globalisation,' 9th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.5, 9.6/11.7, 11.4, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Patras, Greece, September 7-12, 2014, Revised Selected Papers.
• January  2015:  Blog  published  by  LSE  on  Rights  of  Passengers  using  Automated  Border  Control:  http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/01/28/data-protection-rights-of-passengers-using-automated-border-control/.
• July 2014: Blog published by LSE on Automated Border Control and data protection considerations:  http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2014/07/21/biometrics-please-automated-border-controls-data-protection-obligations/.

• Co-organization of a FastPass Panel at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2016 Conference.
• Co-organization of and presentation at the Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2015 FastPass panel.
• 25. August 2015: Presentation at the ISBC 2015 Workshop in Karlsruhe. Topic: Identification and Surveillance at EU’s external borders. Participation in the following panel discussion at the ISBC 2015 Workshop.
• 24. May 2015: Presentation at the ISCRAM ELSI Workshop on the topic of data protection and mobile technologies for disaster management, Kristiansand, Norway.
• 30. April 2015: Presentation at FRONTEX on privacy and data protection aspects of Automated Border Control (ABC).
• 11. September 2014: Presentation at the IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management (2014), Patras, Greece. Topic: Privacy By Design – The Case of Automated Border Control.
• 8. September 2014: Presentation at the European Association on Biometrics, Darmstadt, Germany. Topic: Legal aspects of Automated Border Control.
• 19. June 2014: Presentation at the IoT week in London. Topic: Legal aspects of working with real data in research projects.