Dr. Roger Clarke at BAU

Issues on Türkiye's recent agenda, such as internet restrictions and the protection of personal data, were discussed at Bahçeşehir University with the participation of Dr. Roger Clarke, one of the world's leading information technology law experts.

The Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law addressed internet restrictions, social media and the protection of personal data, which have been frequently debated in Türkiye recently, at a conference it organized. Dr. Roger Clarke, one of the world's leading information technology law experts, took part as a speaker at the conference held at the Max-Planck Library, which operates within the Faculty of Law at the Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus. Topics such as the Nature of the Digital Persona and Its Implications for Data Protection Law, and Social Media and Privacy: Technical Requirements and the Role of Law were discussed at the conference.

Who is Roger Clarke?

Roger Clarke holds Master's and Honours degrees from the Faculty of Commerce of the University of N.S.W. Clarke has focused his work mainly on Information Systems. Having received his PhD from the Australian National University, Clarke was made a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society in 1986.

He received the ComputerWorld Fellowship and the IFIP Outstanding Service Award in 1992, and the ISWorld award in 1999.

Clarke has 30 years of experience in information privacy as a researcher, advocate and consultant. His ACM paper on dataveillance and his papers on human identification in information systems are key references in this field.

Clarke has researched and published on computer matching and profiling, especially since the Australia Card proposal in 1985; the political history of dataveillance in Australia; and specific techniques for privacy protection. He has been a Board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation since its founding in 1987, and has also been a member of Electronic Frontiers Australia since 2001.