Taner Kuru
Bio
Taner Kuru is a PhD researcher at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT). His research focuses on ethical and legal implications that arise from artificial intelligence-driven genetic research.
Before joining TILT, he completed the Advanced LL.M. in Law and Digital Technologies program at Leiden University with cum laude distinction as an awardee of the Jean Monnet Scholarship in 2020. He then received the European Data Protection Law Review’s “Young Scholar Award” for his article titled “Genetic Data: The Achilles’ Heel of the GDPR?” based on his master’s thesis. He also worked as an intern at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Institute (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics during 2020.
Taner is also a certified lawyer at Ankara Bar Association and previously worked as an attorney-at-law in Turkey.
Teaching
LL.M Law and Technology:
- Privacy and Data Protection - Teaching Assistant
- Master's thesis supervisor
Joint MSc Data Science
- Data Science Regulation & Law - Privacy and Data Protection & Data Science - Lecturer
Collaboration
- Member of the Management Committee of the Data Protection Scholars' Network
- Member of the Community Committee of the TLS PhD Council
Recent publications
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Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society’s contribution to …
Koops, B-J., Kosta, E., Kamara, I., & Kuru, T. (2022, Jun 28). Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society’s contribution to the public consultation on the Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement. -
Your genetic data is my genetic data - Unveiling another enforcement …
Kuru, T., & de Miguel Beriain, I. (2022). Your genetic data is my genetic data: Unveiling another enforcement issue of the GDPR. Computer Law and Security Review, 47, Article 105752. -
Genetic Data - The Achilles' Heel of the GDPR?
Kuru, T. (2021). Genetic Data: The Achilles' Heel of the GDPR? European Data Protection Law Review, 7(1), 45-58.
