Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Geminn, Mag. iur.

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Geminn Mag. iur.
Pfannkuchstr. 1
34109 Kassel
Room: 2360
Phone: +49 561 804-6088
Fax: +49 561 804-6081
E-Mail: c.geminn[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Managing director of the provet project group

  • 2023: Habilitation, granting of teaching authorization for public law and law of the digital society
  • Since 2022: Managing partner of the data law consulting firm
  • 2022: One and a half month research stay as Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Since 2021: Collaborator in the Project "Scientific Coordination and Moderation of the Platform Privacy" (Platform Privat)
  • 2019-2023: Collaborator in the project "The implications of conversing with intelligent machines in everyday life for people's beliefs about algorithms, their communication behavior and their relationship building"(IMPACT).
  • Since September 2017 associated postdoc in the DFG Research Training Group "Privacy & Trust for Mobile Users".
  • Since 2017 first managing director of project group provet
  • 2016: two-month research stay in Guest Lecturer status at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2014-2016: Collaborator in the project "Investigation into the Mapping and Analysis of the Privacy Arena"(Privacy Arena).
  • 2013: PhD on the topic "Legally compliant use of security measures in public transport".
  • 2011-2014: Collaborator in the project "Security Impact Assessment Measures - A decision support system for security technologies"(SIAM).
  • 2010: Master's degree in "Magister of German and Foreign Law" (Magister iuris).
  • 2008: Acquisition of the "Certificate of Higher Education (English Law)" (LLCert) at the De Montfort Law School.
  • 2003-2010: Law studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the De Montfort University Leicester, England.

Publications

Book publications as author

  • "Deus ex machina?" - Basic Rights and Digitization," Jus Publicum - Beiträge zum Öffentlichen Recht Vol. 316, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023, XVIII/714 p.; also: Habilitationsschrift, University of Kassel, 2021.
  • "Improving the General Data Protection Regulation - Proposed Amendments from the Perspective of Consumers," Der Elektronische Rechtsverkehr vol. 43, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020, (together with Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "The Arena of the General Data Protection Regulation - Arguments about the Future of European Data Protection," ITeG - Interdisciplinary Research on Information System Design Volume 6, Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2018, XVII/125 p (together with Barbara Büttner, Charlotte Husemann and Nadine Miedzianowski).
  • "Data Protection Law 2016 - 'Smart' Enough for the Future? Ubiquitous Computing and Big Data as Challenges for Data Protection Law," ITeG - Interdisciplinary Research on Information System Design Volume 4, Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2016, XX/200 p (together with Alexander Roßnagel, Silke Jandt, and Philipp Richter).
  • "The Reterritorialization of the Digital. On the Response of National Democracy to the Crisis of Privacy after Snowden," Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2016, 189 pp. (together with. Barbara Büttner, Thilo Hagendorff, Jörn Lamla, Simon Ledder, Carsten Ochs, and Fabian Pittroff).
  • "Rechtsverträglicher Einsatz von Sicherheitsmaßnahmen im öffentlichen Verkehr," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2014, XXXI/444 p.; also: dissertation, University of Kassel, 2013.

 

Book publications as editor

  • "European Data Law," Praxishandbuch, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2023, in prep. (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Rechtsverträgliche Technikgestaltung und technikadäquate Rechtsentwicklung - 30 Jahre Projektgruppe verfassungsverträgliche Technikgestaltung," Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2018, XII/229 pp. (together with Alexander, Roßnagel, Gerrit Hornung, and Paul C. Johannes).

 

Papers in journals.

  • "Anonymization of Patient Data by Third-Party Laboratories - On the Anonymizing Effect of Pseudonymization; Data Protection Law Presentation Based on a Case Study," Medizinrecht 5/2023, i.E. (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Payment Data in European Data Economy Law," Payment Services Law 3/2022, pp. 148-155.
  • "On the Institutionalization of a Surveillance Aggregate Account," Die Öffentliche Verwaltung 19/2022, vol. 75, pp. 789-795.
  • "Zur Einführung einer Überwachungsgesamtrechnung," Data Protection and Data Security 9/2022, pp. 572-577 (together with. Michael Friedewald, Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Marit Hansen, Felix Bieker, and Murat Karaboga).
  • "Effects of Foreign Legislation on German IT Security," Data Protection and Data Security 3/2022, pp. 156-163 (together with Alexander Roßnagel, Paul C. Johannes, and Johannes K.M. Müller).
  • "The Assignment of External Experts by the Medical Services - Scope and Constraints of the Economic Efficiency Requirement," Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialrecht 21/2021, pp. 835-840 (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Trust in Anonymization - Regulation of Anonymization to Promote Artificial Intelligence," Journal of Data Protection 9/2021, pp. 487-490 (together with Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "Weighing up the Security of Data Processing by Technical and Organizational Measures - On the Difficulty of Determining the Sufficient Level of Protection under Data Protection Law," InTeR - Journal of Innovation and Technology Law 3/2021, pp. 140-146 (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Data Protection in Voice Assistants - Challenges Today and Tomorrow," Data Protection and Data Security 8/2021, pp. 509-514.
  • "The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence - Comments on the Draft Artificial Intelligence Act," Journal of Privacy 7/2021, pp. 354-359.
  • "Legal Challenges of an Open Web Index," International Cybersecurity Law Review 1/2021, pp. 183-194 (together with Kai Erenli and Leon Pfeiffer).
  • "Legal Challenges of an Open Web Index - Freedom Promoting Infrastructures for the Digital Society," MultiMedia and Law 1/2021, pp. 16-19.
  • "Digitization and Vulnerable Groups in Law," Critical Quarterly Journal of Legislation and Law 3/2020, vol. 103, pp. 254-288.
  • "Two Years of the General Data Protection Regulation - A Review from the Consumer's Perspective," vorgänge No. 231/232 (issue 3-4/2020, vol. 59), pp. 27-39 (together with Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "Limits to Constitutional Change?", Administrative Archives 4/2020, vol. 111, pp. 552-577.
  • "Children as Users of Smart Voice Assistants - Special Design Needs for the Protection of Children," Data Protection and Data Security 9/2020, pp. 600-605 (together with Jessica Szczuka, Carina Weber, André Artelt, and Lina Varonina).
  • "Improving Data Subject Rights - Need for Revision of the General Data Protection Regulation," Data Protection and Data Security 5/2020, pp. 307-311.
  • "Human Dignity and Human-like Machines and Systems," Public Administration 5/2020, vol. 73, pp. 172-181.
  • Data Protection Impact Assessment in the Course of Legislation - On the Procedure under Article 35(10) GDPR," Journal of Data Protection 10/2019, pp. 435-440 (together with Alexander Roßnagel and Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Ensuring Independent Data Protection Oversight in Japan - The Creation of the Personal Information Protection Commission," Journal of Data Protection 9/2019, pp. 403-407 (together with Anne Laubach).
  • "The Research Activities of Physicians in the Area of Confidentiality," Data Processing Law 3/2019, pp. 116-122.
  • "Adequate Level of Data Protection in Japan - The Commission's Adequacy Decision and its Consequences," Journal of Data Protection 5/2019, pp. 204-208 (together with Shizuo Fujiwara and Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "European Data Protection Law - Between Lighthouse Function and Export of Values?", Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 24/2018, pp. 1593-1599.
  • "Scientific Research and Data Protection - Innovations through the General Data Protection Regulation," Data Protection and Data Security 10/2018, pp. 640-646. 
  • "Protection of Anonymized Data in Japanese Data Protection Law - Commenting on the Newly Introduced Category of 'Anonymously Processed Information'," Journal of Data Protection 9/2018, pp. 413-420 (together with Anne Laubach and Shizuo Fujiwara).
  • "Risk-Aware Regulations for the Internet of Service and  Things? - An Overview of the Innovations in the Draft for a New Federal Data Protection Act," Data Protection and Data Security 5/2017, pp. 295-299.
  • "ヨーロッパデータ保護一般規則 : EUにおける新たなデータ保護の規律の客観的考察" (Eng.: The European General Data Protection Regulation - A Critical Review of the New Data Protection Rules in the European Union), 自治研究 (Jichi kenkyū, Research on Self-Government) 3/2017, pp. 3-23 (translation: Shizuo Fujiwara).
  • "Democracy Between Public and Private," Administrative Archives 4/2016, vol. 107, pp. 601-630.
  • "Reform of Japanese Data Protection Law in the Public Domain - Overview of the Development of the Legal and Legislative System for Data Protection," Journal of Data Protection 11/2016, pp. 522-528 (together with Shizuo Fujiwara).
  • "The Smart Home as a Challenge for Data Protection Law. Does the General Data Protection Regulation contain risk-adequate rules?", Data Protection and Data Security 9/2016, pp. 575-580.
  • "Japan's New Data Protection Law - Reform of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information," Journal of Data Protection 8/2016, pp. 363-368 (together with Shizuo Fujiwara).
  • "'Privatheit' und 'Privatsphäre' aus der Perspektive des Rechts - ein Überblick," JuristenZeitung 14/2015, pp. 703-708 (together with Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "The Debate on National Routing - A Phony Debate? A Critical Review of the Lines of Argumentation," MultiMedia and Law 2/2015, pp. 98-103.

 

Contributions to anthologies, handbooks, and commentaries.

  • "New Concepts for the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the Digital World," in Roßnagel, Alexander / Friedewald, Michael (eds.), "The Future of Privacy and Self-Determination - Analyses and Recommendations for the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the Digital World," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2022, pp. 3-48 (together with Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, and Maxi Nebel).
  • Kommentierung von Art. 24 (Videoüberwachung) und 27 (Staatliche und kommunale Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen) BayDSG, in: Schröder, Meinhard (ed.), "Bayerisches Datenschutzgesetz", Handkommentar, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2021.
  • Commentary on Section 45 (Data Processing for Scientific or Historical Research, Archival or Statistical Purposes) HDSIG, in: Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), "Hessisches Datenschutz- und Informationsfreiheitsgesetz," Handkommentar, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2021 (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • Kommentierung von § 24 (Datenverarbeitung zu wissenschaftlichen oder historischen Forschungszwecken und zu statistischen Zwecken), § 28a (Datenverarbeitung bei öffentlichen Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen), § 28b (Datenverarbeitung in Gnadenverfahren) und §§ 80 bis 89 (Informationsfreiheit) HDSIG, in: Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), "Hessisches Datenschutz- und Informationsfreiheitsgesetz", Handkommentar, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2021.
  • "Der Mensch in Recht und Technik - eine Bestandsaufnahme," in: Hentschel, Anja / Hornung, Gerrit / Jandt, Silke (eds.): "Mensch - Technik - Umwelt: Verantwortung für eine sozialverträgliche Zukunft - Festschrift für Alexander Roßnagel zum 70. Geburtstag," Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020, pp. 63-80.
  • "Spezielle datenschutzrechtliche Fragen der Weiterernutzung von Sozial- und Gesundheitsdaten für die medizinische Forschung," in: Dierks, Christian / Roßnagel, Alexander, "Sekundärnutzung von Sozial- und Gesundheitsdaten - Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen," Schriftenreihe der TMF, vol. 17, Berlin: Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2019, pp. 125-244 (together with Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "Mobility and Traffic," in Hornung, Gerrit / Schallbruch, Martin (eds.), "Handbuch IT-Sicherheitsrecht - Rechtsfragen der IT- und Cybersicherheit," Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020, i.E. (together with Johannes Müller).
  • "Intrusion Detection Systems for Networked Vehicles - Concepts and Challenges for Privacy and Cyber Security," in Roßnagel, Alexander / Hornung, Gerrit (eds.), "Grundrechtsschutz im Smart Car - Kommunikation, Sicherheit und Datenschutz im vernetzten Fahrzeug," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2019, pp. 311-333
    (together with Hervais Simo and Michael Waidner).
  • "The New Federal Data Protection Act - Implementation of the GDPR in Germany," in McCullagh, Karen / Tambou, Olivia / Bourton, Sam (eds.), "National Adaptations of the GDPR," Blogdroiteuropeen, Luxembourg: Collection Open Access Book, 2019, pp. 29-34 (eBook, available at https://wp.me/p6OBGR-3dP).
  • "On the Future Evolution of Data Protection," in Roßnagel, Alexander / Friedewald, Michael / Hansen, Marit (eds.), "Die Fortentwicklung des Datenschutzes," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2018. pp. 387-394 (together with Felix Bieker).
  • "Legal Protection for Data Subjects," in Jandt, Silke / Steidle, Roland (eds.), "Datenschutz im Internet - Rechtshandbuch zu DSGVO und BDSG," Nomos Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2018, pp. 458-489.
  • "Fördern und Fordern - Regelungsformen zur Anreizgestaltung für einen wirksameren Schutz von Privatheit und Selbstbestimmung," in Friedewald, Michael (ed.), "Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt - Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf aktuelle Herausforderungen des Datenschutzes," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2018, pp. 83-126 (together with. Tamer Bile, Olga Grigoriev, Charlotte Husemann, Maxi Nebel, and Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "Telecommunications," in Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), The New Data Protection Law - European General Data Protection Regulation and German Data Protection Laws, Nomos Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2018, 347-362 (together with Philipp Richter).
  • "Telemedia," in Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), "The New Data Protection Law - European General Data Protection Regulation and German Data Protection Laws," Nomos Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2018, pp. 362-373 (together with Philipp Richter).
  • "Basic Data Protection Regulation - The Controversies about the Future of European Data Protection," in Lamla, Jörn / Baumann, Joel (eds.), "Privacy Arena - Controversies about Privacy in the Digital Age," Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2017, pp. 114-189 (together with Charlotte Barlag, Barbara Büttner, and Nadine Miedzianowski).
  • "Internationalization vs. Nationalization in the Age of the Digital Society. Ways out of a Crisis of Law and Democracy," in Friedewald, Michael / Lamla, Jörn / Roßnagel, Alexander (eds.), "Informationelle Selbstbestimmung im digitalen Wandel," DuD-Fachbeiträge, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2017, pp. 287-318 (together with Maxi Nebel).
  • "Telecommunications," in Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), "European General Data Protection Regulation, Primacy of Union Law - Applicability of National Law," Nomos Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2017, pp. 276-290 (together with Philipp Richter).
  • "Telemedia," in Roßnagel, Alexander (ed.), "European General Data Protection Regulation, Primacy of Union Law - Applicability of National Law," Nomos Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2017, pp. 290-301 (together with Philipp Richter).
  • "Smart Technologies - Workshop on Challenges and Trends for Privacy in a Hyper-connected World," in Aspinall, David / Camenisch, Jan / Hansen, Marit / Fischer-Hübner, Simone / Raab, Charles (eds.), "Privacy and Identity Management. Time for a Revolution?", 10th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.5, 9.6/11.7, 11.4, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Edinburgh, UK, August 16-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Vol. 476, Dordrecht: Springer, 2016, pp. 111-128 (together with. Andreas Baur-Ahrens, Felix Bieker, Michael Friedewald, Marit Hansen, Murat Karaboga, and Hannah Obersteller).
  • "A systematic approach to the legal evaluation of security measures in public transportation," in Gutwirth, Serge / Leenes, Ronald / de Hert, Paul (eds.), "Reforming European Data Protection Law," Law, Governance and Technology Series Vol. 20, Dordrecht: Springer, 2015, pp. 63-89 (together with Alexander Roßnagel).

 

Short Papers

  • "Australia: new powers for data protection oversight," ZD-Aktuell 3/2023, p. 10.
  • "USA: Connecticut - Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring," ZD-Aktuell 10/2022, 01191; also: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 8/2022, pp. VIII-X.
  • "Fairness and Transparency in Data Protection Law," ZD-Aktuell 20/2021, 05557.
  • "Anonymization to Promote Artificial Intelligence," blog entry v. 29.10.2021, The Blog of Forum Privatheit(available at forum-privatheit.de/blog).
  • "The Information Presentation in Data Protection Law - In Search of Solutions," ZD-Aktuell 14/2021, 05335 (together with Leon Francis and Karl-Raban Herder).
  • "Forum Privatheit: Renowned Research Project to be Prolonged and Significantly Expanded," ZD-Aktuell 8/2021, 05168 (together with Barbara Ferrarese, Michael Friedewald, and Tamer Bile).
  • "Successful Completion of the Research Project 'Forum Privatheit: Selbstbestimmtes Leben in einer digitalen Welt'," ZD-Aktuell 6/2021, 05139 (together with Tamer Bile).
  • "Canada: Digital Charter Implementation Act," ZD-Aktuell 2/2021, 05040; also: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 4/2021, pp. XVII-XVIII.
  • "Japan: After the Reform is Before the Reform," ZD-Aktuell 19/2020, 07391; concurrently: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 1/2021, pp. XI-XII.
  • "USA: Draft Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020 Submitted," ZD-Aktuell 13/2020, 07221; concurrently: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 9/2020, p. XI.
  • "France: CNIL's Evaluation of the Tracing App 'StopCovid'," ZD-Aktuell 11/2020, 07175; concurrently, "CNIL Concludes Evaluation of the App 'StopCovid'" blog post v. May 27, 2020, Corona-Tracing - A Blog of Forum Privatheit (available at corona.forum-privatheit.de); concurrently, Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 8/2020, pp. VII-VIII.
  • "EU Commission: Guidelines on Data Protection Standards for Corona Apps," ZD-Aktuell 9/2020, 07112; at the same time: blog post v. 18.4.2020, Corona-Tracing - A Blog of Forum Privatheit (available at corona.forum-privatheit.de).
  • "Anonymität und Corona-App aus Sicht des Datenschutzrechts," Blogbeitrag v. 17.4.2020, Corona-Tracing - Ein Blog des Forum Privatheit (abrufbar unter corona.forum-privatheit.de) (zus. m. Johannes Müller).
  • "Data Protection after Corona - What's There, What's Staying, What's Coming?", ZD-Aktuell 7/2020, 07073 (together with Paul C. Johannes and Nadine Miedzianowski).
  • "Legislative Initiative to Create a Federal Data Protection Agency in the United States," ZD-Aktuell 5/2020, 07025.
  • "Opinions on the Evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation," ZD-Aktuell 5/2020, 07024 (together with Charalampos Leontopoulos).
  • "Japan: Evaluation of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information," ZD-Aktuell 1/2020, 06927; also: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 3/2020, pp. XVI-XVII.
  • "USA: Status of Efforts to Modernize the Legal Framework for IT Security in Vehicles," ZD-Aktuell 20/2019, 06895 (together with Johannes Müller).
  • "IMPACT: New Research Project on Social Consequences and Legal Design of Communication with Artificial Voice Assistants," ZD-Aktuell 9/2019, 06596.
  • "Data for all - on the SPD discussion paper," ZD-Aktuell 4/2019, 06492.
  • "30 Jahre provet e.V. und 20 Jahre provet an der Universität Kassel - Forschung und Methoden zur rechtsverträglichen Technikgestaltung und technikadäquaten Rechtsentwicklung", ZD-Aktuell 18/2018, 06346 (together with Paul C. Johannes).
  • "What will become of data retention?", Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 34/2018, NJW-aktuell, Forum, p. 14.
  • "Privacy Arena: Exhibition at the End of the Project," ZD-Aktuell 19/2016, 05367 (together with Nadine Miedzianowski).
  • "Brexit in Data Protection?", ZD-Aktuell 17/2016, 05320; ref. Journal for Data Protection 12/2016, pp. X-XII (together with Fabian Schaller).
  • "Crypto Wars Reloaded?", Data Protection and Data Security 8/2015, pp. 546-547.

 

Conference Proceedings

  • "Self-Determination, Artificial Intelligence and Democracy," Data Protection and Data Security 05/2022, pp. 327-328 (short version); also: "Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz bedarf intensiver gesellschaftlicher Debatte," available at forum-privatheit.de/jahreskonferenz-2021/ (long version).
  • "2nd International Symposium on Open Search Technology," MMR-Aktuell 20/2020, 433999 (together m. Leon Pfeiffer).
  • "What will become of the innovations of the General Data Protection Regulation?", ZD-Aktuell 7/2019, 04361.
  • "Basic Data Protection Regulation - A New Era of Data Protection?", ZD-Aktuell 13/2018, 04314 (zus. m. Paul C. Johannes).
  • "Interdisciplinary Conference of the 'Forum Privatheit': The Further Development of Data Protection," ZD-Aktuell 2/2018, 05953 (together with Felix Bieker).

 

Reviews

  • "Laura Schulte, From Quantitative to Qualitative Data Protection. Leitbildwandel im Datenschutzrecht, Duncker & Humblot 2018," ZD-Aktuell 16/2018, 04324.

Judgment notes

  • "LG Bonn: Authentifizierung im telefonischen Kontakt mit Kundencentern - 1&1", notes on LG Bonn, judgment of 11.11.2020 - 29 OWi 1/20", MultiMedia und Recht 2/2021, pp. 173-177 (together with Paul C. Johannes).

Other

  • "Fair Algorithms and the Fairness of Explanations - Informatic, Legal and Ethical Perspectives," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe KI-basierte Sprachassistenten im Alltag, Duisburg: University of Duisburg-Essen, 2022, 17 pp. (together with. André Artelt, Barbara Hammer, Arne Manzeschke, Lina Mavrina, and Carina Weber).
  • "On the Introduction of a Surveillance Calculus," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2022, 20 pp.; English language version: Roßnagel, Alexander / Bile, Tamer / Geminn, Christian / Hansen, Marit / Bieker, Felix / Karaboga, Murat: "On the Introduction of a Surveillance Calculus in Germany," 12 pp. (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Marit Hansen, Felix Bieker, Murat Karaboga and Michael Friedewald).
  • "Mehr Fortschritt wagen - durch Stärkung des Datenschutzes, Vorschläge zur Ausgestaltung des Koalitionsvertrags," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2022, 26 pp. (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Marit Hansen, Murat Karaboga, and Michael Friedewald).
  • "Position Paper on the proposals for a Digital Services Act, a Digital Markets Act and a Data Governance Act," Open Search Foundation, June 07, 2021, 4 p. (together with José Antonio Castillo Parrilla).
  • "Data Protection Law Assessment of Learning Analytics at Universities in NRW," study commissioned by Ruhr University Bochum, February 2023, 56 pp. (together with Paul C. Johannes, Maxi Nebel, and Tamer Bile).
  • "Is that even legal? - A guide for builders experimenting with data governance in Germany," Mozilla, February 2023, 43 pp. (together with Paul C. Johannes, Johannes K.M. Müller, and Maxi Nebel).
  • "Can children be enlightened users* of voice assistants? - Legal, Psychological, Ethical and Informatic Perspectives," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe KI-basierte Sprachassistenten im Alltag, Duisburg: University of Duisburg-Essen, 2021, 22 pp. (together with. Jessica Szczuka, André Artelt, Barbara Hammer, Arne Manzeschke, Alexander Roßnagel, Pauline Slawik, Clara Strathmann, Natalie Szymczyk, Lina Varonina, and Carina Weber).
  • "Risks of Artificial Intelligence for Human Self-Determination," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2020, 16 pp. (together with. Thilo Hagendorff, Jörn Lamla, Murat Karaboga, Nicole Krämer, Maxi Nebel, and Markus Uhlmann).
  • "Consent - Possibilities and Pitfalls from the Consumer Perspective," White Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2020, 44 pp. (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Maxi Nebel, Murat Karaboga, Frank Ebbers, Benjamin Bremert, Ingrid Stapf, Mena Teebken, Verena Thürmel, Carsten Ochs, Markus Uhlmann, Nicole Krämer, Yannic Meier, Michael Kreutzer, Linda Schreiber, and Hervais Simo).
  • "Germany's Search for a Viable Tracing App," e-conference on Data Protection Issues and Covid-19: Comparative Perspectives, Blog Droit Européen, 07.07.2020; available at https://blogdroiteuropeen.com/2020/07/07/germanys-search-for-a-viable-tracing-app-by-christian-l-geminn-johannes-muller/ (together with Johannes Müller).
  • "COVID-19 and Data Protection in Germany," e-conference on Data Protection Issues and Covid-19: Comparative Perspectives, Blog Droit Européen, 07/06/2020; available at https://blogdroiteuropeen.com/2020/07/06/covid-19-and-data-protection-in-germany-by-christian-l-geminn-and-johannes-muller/ (together with Johannes Müller).
  • "Privacy and Children's Rights," White Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2020, 24 pp. (together with. Ingrid Stapf, Judith Meinert, Jessica Heesen, Nicole Krämer, Regina Ammicht Quinn, Felix Bieker, Michael Friedewald, Nicholas Martin, Maxi Nebel, and Carsten Ochs).
  • "Evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2019, 16 p; English language version: "Evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation," 2020, 13 p. (together with Alexander Roßnagel, Maxi Nebel, and Tamer Bile).
  • "AI-based Voice Assistants in Everyday Life - Research Needs from an Informatics, Psychological, Ethical, and Legal Perspective," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe KI-basierte Sprachassistenten im Alltag, Duisburg: University of Duisburg-Essen, 2019, 21 pp. (together with. Nicole Krämer, André Ardelt, Barbara Hammer, Stefan Kopp, Stefan, Arne Manzeschke, Alexander Roßnagel, Pauline Slawik, Jessica Szczuka, Lina Varonina, and Carina Weber.
  • "The Sanctions Regime of the General Data Protection Regulation - Implications for Companies and Data Protection Supervisors," White Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2019, 48 pp. (together with. Nicholas Martin, Tamer Bile, Maxi Nebel, Felix Bieker, Alexander Roßnagel, and Charlotte Schöning).
  • "The New Federal Data Protection Act - Implementation of the GDPR in Germany," e-conference on National Adaptations of the GDPR, Blog Droit Européen, 05.06.2018; available at  wp.me/p6OBGR-2Y1.
  • "Strengthening Data Protection, Enabling Innovation - How to Design the Coalition Agreement," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2018, 16 p (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Tamer, Paul C. Johannes, Murat Karaboga, Nicole Krämer, Natalie Maier, Nicholas Martin, Johannes Müller, Maxi Nebel, Michael Friedewald, and Benjamin Bremert).
  • "The Network Enforcement Act," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2018, 12 p (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Jessica Heesen, Murat Karaboga, Nicole Krämer, Michael Kreutzer, Lena Löber, Nicholas Martin, Maxi Nebel, and Carsten Ochs).
  • "National Implementation of the GDPR: Challenges, Approaches, Strategies," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2018, 12 p; German language version: "Nationale Implementierung der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung: Herausforderungen, Ansätze, Strategien," 14 p (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Tamer Bile, Michael Friedewald, Olga Grigoriev, Murat Karaboga, and Maxi Nebel).
  • "Datensparsamkeit oder Datenreichtum?" - On the New Political Discussion on the Data Protection Principle of Data Economy," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2017, 12 pp. (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Michael Friedewald, Thilo Hagendorff, Jessica Heesen, Thomas Hess, Michael Kreutzer, German Neubaum, Carsten Ochs, and Hervais Simo Fhom).
  • "Fake News," Policy Paper, Schriftenreihe Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt, Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, 2017, 16 pp. (together with. Alexander Roßnagel, Thilo Hagendorff, Jessica Heesen, Murat Karaboga, Nicole Krämer, Michael Kreutzer, Jörn Lamla, German Neubaum, Carsten Ochs, Philipp Richter, Charlotte Schöning, and Hervais Simo Fhom).
  • Exhibition on "Privacy Arena - Controversies about Privacy in the Digital Age" from 01.12.2016 to 11.12.2016 in Kassel, Interim (together with. Charlotte Barlag, Andreas Baur-Ahrens, Barbara Büttner, Olga Grigorjew, Thilo Hagendorff, Enrico Hörster, Mike Huntemann, Nadine Miedzianowski, Carsten Ochs, Isabel Paehr, Maria Pawelec, Fabian Pittroff, Jörn Röder, and Annika Schmitt; directed by Regina Ammicht Quinn, Joel Baumann, Jessica Heesen, Carsten Ochs, Alexander Roßnagel).
  • "Arbeitshilfe zur Datenschutz-Grundverordnung - Synopse der deutschen Übersetzung der DSGVO in der Entwurwurffassung vom 28. Januar 2016 zur verkündeten Fassung," ed. by Alexander Roßnagel, ITeG Technical Reports Volume 4, Kassel: Kassel University Press, 2016 (together with. Charlotte Barlag, Stephan Blazy, Johanna Hofmann, Carolin Hohmann, Dominic Hoidn, Silke Jandt, Paul Johannes, Anne Laubach, Natalie Maier, Kevin Marschall, Johannes Müller, Maxi Nebel, Verena Ossoinig, Philipp Richter, Fabian Schaller, and Robert Weinhold).

Lectures

  • Presentation on "Legal Requirements for Transparent AI" at the conference "Conversing with Artificial Intelligence - Implications for Communication, Relationship-Building and Understanding" of the research project IMPACT on 06.03.2023 in Berlin, AXICA Kongress- und Tagungszentrum.
  • Lecture on "Digitalisation and the Administration in Germany" at the joint conference "Legal Aspects of Digitalising Public Administration in Japan and Germany" of the Institute for Legal Informatics of Saarland University and Hitotsubashi University (Kunitachi, Tokyo) on 08.02.2023 in Saarbrücken, Faculty of Law.
  • Lecture on "Japan's Third Way - Data Protection Law in Japan" as part of the lecture series "RTG Invited Talk" of the DFG Research Training Group 2050 "Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users" on 07.02.2023 (digital lecture).
  • Talk on "Communication - Transparency - Relationship: Voice Assistants from a Legal Perspective" at the event "Das habe ich nicht verstanden! - Talking to intelligent voice assistants" at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing on 28.01.2023 in Tutzing.
  • Presentation on "Limiting State Surveillance by Means of Constitutional Law: Potentials and Limitations" at the "15th International Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection" (CPDP) on 25.05.2022 in Brussels, Les Halles de Schaerbeek.
  • Presentation on "Technology Regulation in a Multi-level System - The Law on Artificial Intelligence" at the Online Colloquium of the PhD Network on Digital Law "Digitales Kolloquium e.V." (DigiKol) on 14.03.2022.
  • Presentation on "Digital Sovereignty - A German Perspective" in the Special Track "Digital Sovereignty in Immersive Education" of the "7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network" (iLRN 2021), 27.05.2021 (digital conference).
  • Presentation on "Data Protection in Voice Assistants" at the workshop "Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection - How to cope with the new challenges?" at the event series "Security in Information Technology - Law and IT Security" of the Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST e.V.), 18.03.2021, Darmstadt (digital workshop).
  • Presentation on the topic "Improving data subjects' rights - need for revision of the GDPR" at the workshop "Evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation - What improvements are necessary?" as part of the event series "Security in Information Technology - Law and IT Security" of the Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST e.V.) on 09.07.2020, Darmstadt (digital workshop).
  • Presentation on the topic "Legal implications of voice assistants" at the Citizen Science Dialogue Forum "What does artificial intelligence do to our society?" of the IMPACT project in cooperation with the VHS Duisburg on 16.01.2020 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Wolfsburg.
  • Presentation on "Pseudonymisation and anonymisation in the GDPR and beyond" at the workshop "Pseudonymisation and relevant security technologies" of the Independent Centre for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ULD) and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) on 12.11.2019 in Berlin, Scandic Berlin Kurfürstendamm.
  • Presentation of the AUDITOR (European Cloud Service Data Protection Certification) project on 23.10.2018 to representatives of DG CONNECT and DG JUST in Brussels, DG CONNECT, on 11.04.2019 to representatives of European accreditation and data protection supervisory authorities in Brussels, Grayling, and on 4.11.2019  before representatives of the Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of the PRC in the context of the Global Project Quality Infrastructure (GPQI) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the 1st Annual Meeting of the German-Chinese Working Group on Accreditation and Conformity Assessment on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Hotel.
  • Presentation on "Legal implications of interactive assistants" at the workshop "Interactive Assistants - How does their increasing ubiquity and intelligence impact users' lives?" at the "19th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents" (ACM IVA 2019) on 02.07.2019 in Paris, Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie.
  • Vortrag zum Thema "Förderung hoher Datenschutzstandards in einem wettbewerbsorientierten Markt / Encouraging high data protection standards in a competitive market" auf der Dialogveranstaltung "Datenschutz als Wettbewerbsvorteil? / Data protection as a competitive advantage?" of the Representation of the State of Hesse to the European Union of the Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt in the series "ForumPrivacy@noon" on 26.06.2019 in Brussels, Representation of the State of Hesse to the European Union.
  • Lecture on the topic "Rechtsverträgliche Assistenzsysteme - Anforderungen und Umsetzung" in the context of the event "Rechtsverträgliche Technikgestaltung gestern - heute - morgen" on 02.11.2018 in Kassel, University of Kassel, Gießhaus.
  • Lecture on "Data protection law and its constitutional roots" as part of the Barcamp 2018 of the DFG Research Training Group 2050 "Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users" on 19.09.2018 in Frankfurt am Main, H4 Hotel Frankfurt Messe.
  • Presentation on "National Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation" at the "11th International Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection" (CPDP) on 24.01.2018 in Brussels, Les Halles de Schaerbeek.
  • Lecture on the topic "Self-determination in a digital world - On the consequences of digitalization for law and society" at the autumn school of the Donnersberg SPD on 10.11.2017 in Rockenhausen, SPD office.
  • Lecture on "The General Data Protection Regulation - 'Smart' enough for the future?" at the education fair "LEARNTEC 2017, 25th International Trade Fair and Congress" on 26.01.2017 in Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe.
  • Presentation on "Data Protection in a Hyperconnected World" at the "International Workshop on Inference and Privacy in a Hyperconnected World" (INFER 2016) as part of the "Darmstadt Security & Privacy Week" (SPW 2016) on 18.07.2016 in Darmstadt, Darmstadtium.
  • Lecture on "The European General Data Protection Regulation - A Critical Review of the New Data Protection Rules in the European Union" on 27.05.2016 in Tokyo, Chuo University, The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan (Translation: Shizuo Fujiwara).
  • Presentation on "Smart Home - does the GDPR contain risk-adequate regulations?" at the workshop "Recht und IT-Sicherheit - Neue Herausforderungen, neues Datenschutzrecht: Wie zukunftsfähig ist die Datenschutzgrundverordnung?" as part of the event series "Sicherheit in der Informationstechnologie" of the Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST e.V.) on 17.03.2016 in Darmstadt, Fraunhofer SIT.
  • Presentation on "Informational Self-Determination and the Future of Democracy" at the interdisciplinary conference "The Future of Informational Self-Determination" of the Forum Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt on 27.11.2015 in Berlin, Kalkscheune (together with Maxi Nebel).
  • Lecture on "Shaping the Internet of the Future" at the Scientific Symposium "Alles, was Recht ist" on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Alexander Roßnagel on 30.09.2015 in Kassel, University of Kassel, Gießhaus.
  • Presentation on "Smart and Connected Cars as Challenges for Data Protection" at the "10th International Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management - Time for a Revolution?" of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) in Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics on 20.08.2015.
  • Lecture on "A German Internet?" at the conference "The Global Surveillance State - Legal and Technical Measures against Spying" from the event series "Alliance of Media Law and Information Technology" of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation for Communications Research on 19.05.2014 in Stuttgart, Ministry of Finance and Economics Baden-Württemberg.
  • Presentation on "From Theory to Practice: Integrated TIAs and their Computational Support" at the "7th International Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection" (CPDP) on 22.01.2014 in Brussels, Les Halles de Schaerbeek.

Courses

WiSe 2023/24

  • Lecture "Anglo-American Law" in the module "International Aspects of Law", LL.B. (2 SWS).

Summer semester 2023

  • Exercise "Legal Exercise in Public Law" in the module "Administrative Law with Public Law Exercise", LL.B. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2022/23

  • Lecture "Anglo-American Law" in the module "International Aspects of Law", LL.B. (2 SWS).

Summer Term 2022

  • Seminar "Current Issues in German and European Constitutional Law" as an elective module, LL.M. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2021/22

  • Lecture "Anglo-American Law" in the module "International Aspects of Law", LL.B. (2 SWS).

Summer Term 2021

  • Lecture "European and International Law of the Digital Society" in the module "European and International Business Law I", LL.M. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2020/21

  • Lecture "Anglo-American Law" in the module "International Aspects of Law", LL.B. (2 SWS).

Summer semester 2020

  • Lecture "European and International Law of the Digital Society" in the module "European and International Business Law I", LL.M. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2019/20

  • Lecture "Staatsrecht, Grundzüge des Europarechts" in the module "Grundlagen des Rechts und Einführung in das öffentliche Recht", with tutorial, LL.B. (2 SWS).

SoSe 2019

  • Lecture "Public Law for Minor", with tutorial, B.Sc. (WiIng) / B.Ed. (WiPäd) (2 SWS).
  • Exercise "Legal exercise in public law" in the module "Administrative law with public law exercise", LL.B. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2018/19

  • Lecture "European and International Law of the Digital Society" in the module "European and International Business Law I", LL.M. (2 SWS).
  • Seminar "Current Issues in German and European Constitutional Law" as elective module, LL.M. (2 SWS).

SoSe 2018

  • Seminar "Data Protection Law in Specific Areas of Application" in the module "Law of the Digital Society", LL.B. (2 SWS).
  • Seminar "Current Issues in German and European Constitutional Law" as an elective module, LL.M. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2017/18

  • Seminar "Data Protection Law in Specific Areas of Application" in the module "Electronic Legal Communication", LL.B. (2 SWS).
  • Seminar "Current Issues in German and European Constitutional Law" as an elective module, LL.M. (2 SWS).

SoSe 2017

  • Seminar "Data Protection and Public Security" in the module "Electronic Legal Communication", LL.M. (2 SWS).
  • Seminar "Data Protection post DSGVO" in the module "European and International Electronic Legal Communication", LL.B. (2 SWS).

WiSe 2016/17

  • Seminar "The General Data Protection Regulation" in the module "European and International Electronic Legal Relations", LL.M. (2 SWS).
  • Seminar "Data Protection Law in Smart Environments" in the module "Electronic Legal Communication", LL.B. (2 SWS).