Sylvia Kierkegaard

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name = Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard


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Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard is a leading international authority in computer law. Her articles are widely published [ [http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?subject_area_id=7&journal_id=02673649 ScienceDirect Top25] ] in top international journals and books. Professor Kierkegaard covers a wide range of topics, such as comparative contract law, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, EU law, privacy, electronic commerce and data protection. Her work is frequently cited in court judgements, and scholarly works [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Blog - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] ] [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy Privacy - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] ] [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying Lobbying - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] ] . She has authored, edited and published books [ [http://wo.uio.no/as/WebObjects/nettlogg.woa/wa/melding?id=37008&logg=5904 Complex 3/06 - Sylvia M. Kierkegaard (ed.): Legal, privacy and security issues in information technology] ] and over 2000 articles and her articles frequently appear in CLSR [ [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleListURL&_method=list&_ArticleListID=710396883&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1db9592f4fd5ba8f004f7e1b1d3aa892 Computer Law & Security Report] ] . She is also the President of the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), an association of IT lawyers and legal scholars specializing in computer law, privacy and security. The association organises some of the most successful international legal conferences in the world bringing in scholars, policy officials and members of both the industry and academic community to craft new policies and disseminate scholarly researches [ [http://www.iblt.eu International Conference on Business, Law and Technology (IBLT)] ] [ [http://www.lspi.net International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT] ] [ [http://www.iltc.eu International Law and Trade Conference ] ] . She has the distinction of finishing with the highest grade ever in the history of Danish education. [ [http://www.asb.dk/presse/pressemeddelelser/arkiv/2003/20030120/international.aspx Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus] ]

She is the editor in chief of Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology (DOAJ Access), editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Private Law (Inderscience), editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry (IJLSE) [ [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijlse International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry (IJLSE)] ] , Associate editor of the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management [ [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijiim www.inderscience.com - International Journal of Intercultural Information Management - IJIIM ] ] , and frequently serves as editor of International Journal of Intellectual Property Management [ [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijipm International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM)] ] , and International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization.

She is a member of the editorial board of over 20 international academic journals such as Computer Law and Security Report (Oxford-Elsevier) [ [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02673649 Computer Law and Security Report] ] . She has served as expert adviser [ [http://www.demo-net.org/demo/aboutdemonet/demonetmembers/affiliated-experts/dn_member.2007-11-18.9913621382 DEMO-net is a Network of Excellence project funded under the European Commission's sixth framework programm] ] , speaker [ [http://www.bmeia.gv.at/index.php?id=70339&L=0 the Council of Europe (CAHDE)] ] and member of various Study Groups and Committees for the EU and the Council of Europe [ [http://www.empowerment-symposium.com/docs/Symposium%20Agenda%20-%2025%20February.doc Council of Europe: Regulating eDemocracy: What preparations are being made for regulation in Europe?] ] , which draft policies and proposals for legislative and regulatory policies on international level [ [http://www.eu-china-infso.org/Regulation/[e-mail] Workshop EU-China Information Security Policy] ] [ [http://www.eu-china-infso.org/UserFiles/File/Attachment%203.pdf EU-China Information Society Project] ] [ [http://xjtunews.xjtu.edu.cn/yxdt/2007-11/1194596888d16736.shtml 人文学院马民虎教授应邀参加“中欧信息安全立法研讨会”_交大新闻网 ] ] , as well as international associations [ [http://nellyo.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE/] ] [ [http://www.hukukkurultayi.org/eng/2008.html Ankara Bar Association International Law Congress] ] [ [http://www.eicar.org/conference/ EICAR Conference] ] .

Recent publications

*"Kierkegaard, Sylvia (ed), Special Issue on Legal Gap Analysis, Phobias and Techno Leaps." International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (IJTTC) Volume 7 - Issue 1 - 2008

*"Kierkegaard, Sylvia (ed) Special Issue on Synthesis, Discourse and Instrumentality." International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM)Volume 2 - Issue 2 - 2008

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), Synergies and Conflicts in Cyberlaw" (2008). IAITL. ISBN-10:87-9911385-5-7 and ISBN-13:978-87-991385-5-5 [http://www.iaitl.org IAITL]

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), The Dynamics of Trade: Law and Economics" (2008). IAITL. ISBN-10:87-991385-6-5 and ISBN-13:978-87-991385-6-2 [http://www.iaitl.org IAITL]

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), Business and Law: Theory and Practice " (2008). IAITL. ISBN-10:87-991386-4-9 and ISBN-13:978-87-991385-4-8 [http://www.iaitl.org IAITL]

*"The Prüm decision – An uncontrolled fishing expedition in ‘Big Brother’ Europe" (2008) Computer Law and Security Report Vol. 24 Issue 3 Pages 243-252 (Elsevier)

*"ECJ rules on ISP disclosure of subscribers' personal data in civil copyright cases – Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU (Case C-275/06) " (2008) Computer Law and Security Report, Vol. 24 Issue 3, Pages 269-274

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM). Volume 2 - Issue 1 – 2008. " Inderscience Special Issue on Trade Secrets and IPR Protection. http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=83&year=2008&vol=2&issue=1

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry." Vol. 1 Issue 4 (2008). http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=88&year=2008&vol=1&issue=4

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry." Special Issue: Through the Looking Glass. Vol. 1 Issue 3 (2008). http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=88&year=2008&vol=1&issue=3

*"Online Child Protection: Cybering , online grooming and ageplay."Computer and Security Report 24(2008). Elsevier. pp.41-55

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), Cyberlaw, Security and Privacy " (2007). Released 2008. ISBN 87-991385-3-0 and ISBN 978-87-991385-3-1

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue on Legal Quandary in The Virtual World. International Journal of Technology, Transfer and Commercialisation (2007) Vol 6. Issues 4 " Inderscience.

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue on Legal Quandary in The Virtual World.Intl. Journal of Technology, Transfer and Commercialisation (2007) Vol 6. Issues 3 " Inderscience.

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue on Legal Quandary in The Virtual World. Intl. Journal of Technology, Transfer and Commercialisation (2007) Vol 6. Issues 2. " Inderscience.

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue on Transparency , Accountability and Liability. " International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry (IJLSE)" Volume 1 - Issue 1/2 – 2007. Inderscience.

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue Part I : From Biodiversity to Virtual World". International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM)" Vol. 1 Issue 4, 2007. Inderscience

*"Kierkegaard, S. (Ed.), Special Issue on Data Protection, Trust and Technology." International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (IJTTC), Volume 6 - Issue 1 – 2007. Inderscience.

*"Kierkegaard, Sylvia (2007) Cybercrime convention: narrowing the cultural and privacy gap?" International Journal of Intercultural Information Management 2007 Vol.1 No. 1 pp.17-32

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (2007) Proteja seu e-mail! Seu Chefe está Fiscalizando. " PANÓPTICA, ANO 1, Nº 8, MAIO/ JUNHO DE 2007 Brazil [http://www.panoptica.org/]
*"International Law and Trade: Bridging the East-West Divide" (2007) Ankara Bar Press ISBN-13:978-87-991385-2-4 and ISBN-10:87-991385-2-2

*"EU Tackles Cybercrime" (2007) in Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism, Information Science Reference IGI Publ. 978-1-59140-991-5

*"International Cybercrime Convention" in Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism, Information Science Reference IGI Publ. 978-1-59140-991-5

*"EU Battery Directive Charging up the batteries: Squeezing more capacity and power into the new EU Battery Directive." Vol. 23 Issue 4 (2007) Computer Law and Security Report

*"E-Contract Formation: U.S. and EU Perspectives " (2007) 3 Shidler J. L. Com. & Tech. 12

*"Harmonising the regulatory regime for cross-border payment services " (2007) Computer Law and Security Report Volume 23, Issue 2

*"Swallowing the Bait, Hook, Line and Sinker: Phishing, Pharming and now Rat-ing! " (2007) In H.R Rao, Manish Gupta,Shambhu Upadhyaya (ed)Managing Information Assurance in Financial Services. Idea Group. [http://wings.buffalo.edu/academic/department/som/isinterface/newbook/promtion_toc.pdf Table of Contents]

*"Denmark - Legitimacy of Online Sex Chats " (2006) Computer Law and Security Report Vol. 22 Issue 1

*"Denmark - Uproar Over Verdicts in Two Internet-related Scandals " (2006) Computer Law and Security Report Vol. 22 Issue 1

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), Business Law and Technology: Present and Emerging Trends Vol.1 " (2006) ISBN 87-991385-0-6 [http://www.iaitl.org IAITL]

*"Sylvia Kierkegaard (ed), Business Law and Technology: Present and Emerging Trends Vol.2 " (2006) ISBN 87-991385-1-4 [http://www.iaitl.org IAITL]

*"Going, Going, Gone! E-Procurement in the EU International " (2006) Journal of Computing and Information Sciences - (IJCIS) Volume 4 – Number 1 – April 2006

*"Clearing the legal barriers – Danish court upholds 'deep linking' in Home v. Ofir " in Computer Law and Security Report Vol.22 Issue 4, (2006), pp.326-332

*"The New Media Landscape: Regulating the Idiot Boxes" in Computer Law and Security Report Vol. 22 Issue 6, 2006, pp. 464-471

*"Here Comes the "Cybernators" " in Computer Law and Security Report, Volume 22 Issue 5, 2006, pp. 381-391

*"Clearing the legal barriers – Danish court upholds ‘deep linking’ in Home v. Ofir" Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-332

*"Blogs, lies and the doocing: The next hotbed of litigation?" Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-136

*"Outlawing circumvention of technological measures going overboard: Hollywood style." Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-56

*"Thumbs Up for Deeplinking?" Revista da Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos (Sep. 2006)

*"Legal Privacy and Security Issues in Information Technology: Volume 1" CompLex (Computer Lex) 3/06 University of Oslo ISBN 87-7226-097-2

*"Legal Privacy and Security Issues in Information Technology: Volume 2" CompLex (Computer Lex) 4/06 University of Oslo ISBN 82-7226-098-0

*"How the cookies (almost) crumbled: Privacy & lobbyism " Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 January 2005, Pages 310-322

*"Privacy in electronic communication: Watch your e-mail: Your boss is snooping!" Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-236

*"Taking a sledgehammer to crack the nut: The EU Enforcement Directive" Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 488-495

*" Reading your keystroke: Whose Mail is it?" Lectures in Computer Science, Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, Volume 3592 / 2005. Springer.

*"Safe Harbour Agreement. Boon or Bane." Shidler Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology. 1 Shidler J.L.Com. & Tech. 10 (Aug. 2, 2005)

*"Legal Issues in Insurance Contracts in Electronic Commerce. Theory and Applications " (2005) IEEE

*"Electronic Agents. A Different Liability Rule " (2005) CODE

*"War Against Spam: Comparative Analysis of the US and EU Legal Approach" (2005) IIMA

*"E-Payments: Maintaining User Confidence in the EU.(2005) in International E-Business and E-Learning."

*"What Women (Men) Want. E Consumer’s Need and Right to Information (2005 )in International E-Business and E-Learning."

*"Two Steps Forward: No Step Backwards (Directive on Unfair Commercial Practice) (2005) in International E-Business and Learning."

*"No Trespassing. Have License, Can Hyperlink " (2005) in Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of APDSI.

*"Empowering E-Purchase in the Public Sector " (2005) PACIS

*"Gearing the Knowledge Machine (KMS in the hotel industry). " (2005) RTDC

*"Maximizing E-Tourism: Consumer Protection " (2005) RTDC

*"Cracking Down on Cybercrime- Global Response: The Cybercrime Convention " (2005) CIIMA Journal Volume 5 Issue 1

*"War Against Spam: Comparative Analysis of the US and EU Legal Approach " (2005) CIIMA Journal. 2005 Volume 5 Issue

*"Legal Regulation of Electronic Signatures in Lithuania in E-Signature Law Journal " (2005) Volume Two, Number 2

*"Legal Regulations of Electronic Signatures in Lithuania" ( 2005) Rimantas Petrauskas, Rytis Cesna and Sylvia Mercado-Kierkegaard. E-Signature Law Journal. Volume 2, No. 2. 2005

*"Going, going Gone! E-Procurement in the EU " (2005) EBEL

*"Declaration of Intent: A Legal Conundrum." Review of Central and East European Law, Volume 29, Number 4, 2004, pp. 457-473(17)

*"Online Alternative Dispute Resolution in EU Electronic Commerce Law (2004)." www.djoef-forlag.dk/vare/8757411077

*"Regulating Copyrights in Cyberspace (2004) in Shaping Business Strategy in the Ecommerce World." IEBC. pp. 1361-1367

*"Legal Conundrums in Cyber-Arbitration in E Commerce (2004) in E-Commerce." IADIS

*"Jurisdiction in Cyberspace in Information Management and Business" IADIS

References

External links

* [http://www.lspi.net/ The Second International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI)]
* [http://www.iblt.eu/ International Conference on Business, Law and Technology Issues (IBLT)]
* [http://www.iltc.eu/ International Law and Trade Conference (ILTC)]
* [http://www.jiclt.com Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology (JICLT)]
* [http://www.iaitl.org International Association of IT Lawyers]
* [http://www.kierkegaard.co.uk Sylvia Kierkegaard Portal]
* [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php]
* [http://www.inderscience.com/ijpl International Journal of Private Law (IJPL)]
* [http://www.aarhus.dk/aa/portal/lokal/egaa/indhold?articleId=6455&_refresh=true Aarhus.dk: International cand.merc. fik 11 i gennemsnit]
* [http://www.jure.se/ie/default.asp?url=visatitel.asp?tuid=5997 EU Electronic Commerce Law]
* [http://www.ltrm.org/ltrm_about_us_editorial.html Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management]
* [http://enlaceinformatico.unicauca.edu.co/call_for_papers.php Revista Enlace Informático]
* [http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=197 International Journal of Intercultural Information Management (IJIIM)]