SCL Podcasts – Tech Law for Everyone
New season: Technology & Privacy Law Around the World - starts 10 December 2024
Join host Mauricio Figueroa and guests on a tour of tech law from across the globe. The first episode looks at the evolving use of 'robot judges' in several jurisdictions. In the New Year further episodes will discuss the latest developments in India, Southeast Asia, South America, North America, Africa and Europe.
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The Society for Computers and Law (SCL) www.scl.org is a registered educational charity and was established in 1973 to promote the use and understanding of information technology in the context of the law. SCL’s mission is to inform and educate legal and technology professionals, academics and students and the wider audience on the impact of tech on law and legal practice through the promotion of best practice, thought leadership, and the fostering of a global tech law community. Our President is Professor Richard Susskind OBE FRSE.
SCL Podcasts – Tech Law for Everyone
Technology & Privacy Laws Around The World - Episode 8: Digital death and postmortem privacy
We live our lives online and, increasingly, we die there too. Our data, social media, and the relationships we build in virtual spaces often outlive us, sometimes reshaping how others experience loss. For this episode, Mauricio Figueroa chats with two world-leading voices in the field, a lawyer and a philosopher, Edina Harbinja (University of Birmingham) and Patrick Stokes (Deakin University), to explore what happens to our digital selves after death, and how questions of privacy, legacy, and identity persist beyond the grave.
Patrick Stokes is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently a Chief Investigator on the project “Digital Death and Immortality” (2024-26) funded by the Australian Research Council. His most recent book is "Digital Souls: A Philosophy of Online Death" (Bloomsbury, 2021).
Edina Harbinja is an Associate Professor in Law at University of Birmingham, specialising in digital rights, post-mortem privacy, digital remains, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Her work drives international legal and policy innovation in digital legacy and technology governance. She's the author of "Digital death, digital assets and post-mortem privacy: Theory, Technology and the Law" (Edinburgh University Press, 2022). She serves on the Advisory Council of the Open Rights Group, a leading digital rights advocacy organisation, and on the Executive Committee of the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA).
Mauricio Figueroa is a legal scholar that teaches and writes on Law and Digital Technologies. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".