Dr Georgios Bouchagiar is a postdoctoral researcher at VUB CDSL (and the Ionian University), focusing on law and technology. He holds a PhD on surveillance and privacy (Ionian University), an LLM on law and technology (Tilburg University), a MSc on intellectual property and new technologies (Ionian University) and a law degree (Athens Law School). Since 2018 his professional experience has included research on: AI, data protection and surveillance (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki); criminal law/procedure and new technologies (University of Luxembourg and Free University of Brussels); biometric surveillance (Tilburg University); and intellectual property rights and distributed ledger technologies (University of Amsterdam and University of Antwerp). He regularly presents his work in international conferences and other academic venues and his publication-record includes more than 70 entries.