IOANNIS Ν. TAKOLAS

• Master of Laws (LL.M) in Law & Technology, Tilburg University Law School, The Netherlands (2023).
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, Faculty of Law (LL.B. 2019).
• Student in the Faculty of Law in the framework of Erasmus Program, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium (September 2018- January 2019).

• Takolas, I. (2024) Post – ‘Schrems II’ reality; seeking equivalence in redress of Privacy Shield deficiencies, Privacy & Information (NL).
• Takolas, I. & Liasis D. (2022) Case Note on Zolta Varga v Slovakia on surveillance, The ELSA the Netherlands, Law Review Volume II.
• Takolas, I. (2019) Critical review of the Schmidberger case, The ELSA Thessaloniki, Expressis Verbis Law Journal, Volume III.

• 10/2023 – 04/2024: Freelance Data Protection Lawyer – Providing compliance services with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• Since 2021: Lawyer, Thessaloniki Bar Association.
• 10/2019 – 01/2020: Assistant Researcher – Law & Technology Group, Institute for Human Rights, University of Ghent.

• Internet History, Technology, and Security, January – February 2024, University of Michigan.
• Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Models and Limitations, November – December 2024, LearnQuest.

• Thesis nomination for the “Privacy Thesis Prize” awarded by the Belgian and Dutch States and honorary publication in the Journal “Privacy & Information” (2023-2024).
• Award from Eurobank in the framework of the “Leading for Education” program (2014).

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Data Protection Law, Law and New Technologies, Intellectual Property Law, Telecommunications Law, European Law.