Els de Busser
Assistant Professor
Dr. Els De Busser is Assistant Professor Cyber Security Governance at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and Principal Investigator of the Cyber Security by Integrated Design (C-SIDe) project, both at Leiden University.
e.de.busser@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Profile
Dr. Els De Busser is Assistant Professor Cyber Security Governance at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and Principal Investigator of the Cyber Security by Integrated Design (C-SIDe) project, both at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is a researcher with The Hague Program on International Cyber Security and a lecturer in the Bachelor in Safety and Security Studies, Master Crisis and Security Management and Executive Master Cyber Security, Leiden University.
Her research is focused on cyber security, data protection, European and international cooperation and information exchange in criminal matters especially in the transatlantic relationship, accompanied by a list of publications. She is a frequent speaker at international events and guest lecturer on these topics.
She is Deputy Secretary-General of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) and a member of the Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law (Meijers Committee).
Her book Data Protection in EU and US Criminal Cooperation (Maklu, 2009) was awarded with the 2014 Siracusa Prize for Young Penalists by the Association Internationale de Droit Pénal (AIDP) and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights.
Key publications
- De Busser, E. (2018). "EU-US Digital Data Exchange to Combat Financial Crime: Fast is the New Slow". German Law Journal. Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 1251-1268. (open access)
- De Busser, E. (2017). "Flagrant Denial of Data Protection - Redefining the Adequacy Requirement". Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Relations as a Challenge for Democracy. European Integration and Democracy, Vol. 4, Intersentia, pp. 431-451.
- De Busser, E. (2017). Chapter "Recommendation 13(d)", Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology: A Commentary. Civil Society and Disarmament series, United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), pp. 77-94. (open access)
- De Busser, E. (2017). "The Conflict Between Protecting Privacy and Securing Nations". Big Data: A Twenty-First Century Arms Race. Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters, pp. 5-16. (open access)
- De Busser, E. (2017). "Adequate Transatlantic Data Exchange in the Shadow of the NSA-Affair", in: R.A. Miller (ed.), Privacy and Power. Cambridge University Press, pp. 615-640.
- De Busser, E. (2016). "Private Companies and the Transfer of Data to Law Enforcement Authorities: Challenges for Data Protection". Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. Vol. 3, Intersentia, pp. 478-494.
- De Busser, E. (2013). "Privatization of Information and the Data Protection Reform". In: S. Gutwirth et al. (eds.), Computers, Privacy and Data Protection - Reloading Data Protection. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 129-149.
