PLSC Europe is a paper workshop conference, just like PLSC in the United States, There is no opportunity or obligation to publish connected to the conference. The goal is to provide support for in-progress scholarship related to information privacy law. To do so, PLSC Europe assembles a wide array of privacy scholars, and a number of academically engaged practitioners (from civil society or public and private sector). Scholars from non-law disciplines – including but not limited to surveillance studies, information and technology studies, critical (legal) studies, humanities, and computer science – are crucial participants in this interdisciplinary field. We follow a format in which a discussant, rather than the author, introduces and leads a discussion on a paper. There are no panels or talking heads; attendees read papers in advance and offer constructive feedback as full participants in the workshop. Having your paper accepted is NOT a requirement for attending and contributing to the conference, and indeed many attendees do not present a paper.

News

Three papers recognised for the Top Policy Provocations at PLSC Europe 2025

October 24, 2025

The Top Policy Provocation of the 2025 edition of PLSC Europe, hosted by the University of Leiden, from 23-24 October 2025 goes to:

  • How experienced are Data Protection Authorities in enforcement concerning AI? Lessons for the enforcement system of the AI Act, by Joanna Mazur, Claudio Novelli & Zuzanna Choińska
  • Beyond Individual Privacy: A Layered Model to Reassess the Legal Nature of Genetic Data, by Ruoxin Su
  • Beyond Schrems: The Unresolved Tensions Between US Government Access and the GDPR, by Johan David Michels, Ian Walden, Christopher Millard & Ulrich Wuermeling

Congratulations!

Authors of the selected Provocations will be invited to present and discuss their work in Brussels in January 2026 as part of the CPDP – Data Protection Day, supported by Privacy Salon.

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Interested in organizing PLSC 2026/2027?


May, 2025

The Standing Committee of the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) Europe seeks proposals from universities and academic institutions interested in hosting PLSC Europe in 2026 and 2027. PLSC Europe will be held in autumn with the specific date determined by the academic institution selected to host. If you’d like to host PLSC Europe in 2026 or 2027, please send an email to plsc-europe@protonmail.com by 10 July 2025. For more information, check out the following page.