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David Erdos — Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor of Law and the Open Society; Co-Director, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL)
BA (Oxon); LLB (London); MA PhD (Princeton)
Interests
British-Irish relations, Citizenship Rights, Commonwealth Studies and History, Data Protection, Defamation Law, Empirical Legal Studies, EU Law, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Internet Governance, Law of Confidentiality and of the Misuse of Private Information, Media Law, Privacy Law, Research Governance, Socio-Legal Studies
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
David Erdos is Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) and Professor of Law and the Open Society in the Faculty of Law and also WYNG Fellow in Law at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. Before joining Cambridge in October 2013, David spent six years as a research fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Faculty of Law and Balliol College, University of Oxford.
David’s principal research explores the nature of data protection especially as it intersects with the right to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of research. In addition, David has research interests in Commonwealth and European legal and historical development including as this relates to "Westminster"-style bills of rights and related constitutional developments and to the British-Irish relationship.
David’s Data Protection and the Open Society project has developed arguments about the nature, substance and operation of the law by drawing on rigorous comparative empirical analysis using both quantitative and qualitative methods. This analysis, which draws on his background in both law and political science, has demonstrated that in terms of the application of Data Protection law to journalism, literature and the arts, large differences continue to be apparent between European Union countries. Moreover, such differences appear to reflect broader fissures in legal culture. Anglo and Germanic jurisdictions have tended to insulate journalism from Data Protection, whilst the law of Latin and East European jurisdictions stipulate onerous Data Protection standards even in this sensitive field. A strict approach here also seems correlated both with tight restrictions in the cognate fields of social science and biomedical research and with stringent formal Data Protection standards generally. At the doctrinal level, the project has explored, firstly, how to determine which activities fall within the special purposes derogation for journalism, art and literature and also how to map out an area "midway" between the special purposes derogation and default data protection for activities which either are only or very predominantly concerned with self-expression (for example, many types of social networking which involve indeterminate publication) or which facilitate both special purposes and self-expression (for example, general search engines). In addition, David has explored how data protection has affected the flow of information within research – an area where its stipulations are taken relatively seriously - as well as the impact which the General Data Protection Regulation's inclusion of "academic expression" within the special purposes may have in this area.
David’s consolidated research focuses on the origins and impacts of bills of rights especially in the UK and other Westminster-styled democracies (Australia, Canada, New Zealand). This work resulted in a publication of a single-authored OUP monograph, Delegating Rights Protection, in 2010. A review of this book is available here.
David’s academic work has received funding from a range of sources including the British Academy, Council of Europe, Economic and Social Research Council, European Union and Leverhulme Trust.
David can be found on Twitter @daviderdos
Selected publications
Books
European Data Protection Regulation, Journalism, and Traditional Publishers: Balancing on a Tightrope? (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Publisher:
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/book/36724
ISBN 13:
978-0198841982
Delegating Rights Protection: The Rise of Bills of Rights in the Westminster World (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Publisher:
Link:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/delegating-rights-protection-9780199557769?cc=gb&lang=en&
ISBN 13:
9780199557769
Articles
'"The Retained EU Law Act and Regulations 2023/1417: Undercutting the UK’s European Data Protection Rights Commitments?"' 2025 1-21
Citation:
2025 1-21
Link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2230.12956
DOI:
10.1111/1468-2230.12956
Published: May 2025
'Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1949–60: External Association Redux?' Journal of Contemporary History (2025), pp. 1-27
Citation:
Journal of Contemporary History (2025), pp. 1-27
Link:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00220094251335258
DOI:
10.1177/00220094251335258
Published: Apr 2025
'‘Penniless Orientals of the Pedlar Type’: The Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth Migrant Rights, 1940s–1970s' Contemporary European History (2025), pp. 1-21
Citation:
Contemporary European History (2025), pp. 1-21
Link:
DOI:
10.1017/S0960777324000651
Published: Apr 2025
'Palestine and the Modern Commonwealth: Past Engagements and Future Membership?' The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Vol. 113(3), pp. 217-234 (2024)
Citation:
The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Vol. 113(3), pp. 217-234 (2024)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00358533.2024.2363039
Published: Jul 2024
'Reanalysing Ireland’s Exit from the Commonwealth 1948-49: The Brexit Isles’ Alter Ego?' Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Vol. 52(4-5), pp. 707-747) (2024)
Citation:
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Vol. 52(4-5), pp. 707-747) (2024)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03086534.2024.2362991
Published: Jun 2024
'Identification in EU Data Protection Law: Authenticating Another Broad Concept in EU Data Protection Law' (Vol. 46) Computer Law and Security Review (2022)
Citation:
(Vol. 46) Computer Law and Security Review (2022)
Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364922000668
DOI:
10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105721
Published: Sep 2022
'The UK and the EU Personal Data Framework after Brexit: A New Trade and Cooperation Partnership based on Council of Europe Convention 108+?' (Vol. 44) Computer Law and Security Review (2022)
Citation:
(Vol. 44) Computer Law and Security Review (2022)
Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364921001126
DOI:
10.1016/j.clsr.2021.105639
Published: Apr 2022
'Comparing Constitutional Privacy and Data Protection Rights within the EU' European Law Review (Vol. 47(4), pp. 482-513) (2022)
Citation:
European Law Review (Vol. 47(4), pp. 482-513) (2022)
Link:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3843653
Published: Jan 2022
'Special, Personal and Broad Expression: Exploring Freedom of Expression Norms under the General Data Protection Regulation' (Vol. 40, pp. 398-430) Yearbook of European Law (2021)
Citation:
(Vol. 40, pp. 398-430) Yearbook of European Law (2021)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/yel/article/doi/10.1093/yel/yeab004/6271406
DOI:
10.1093/yel/yeab004
Published: May 2021
'Dead Ringers? Legal Persons and the Deceased in European Data Protection Law' (Vol. 40) Computer Law and Security Review (2021)
Citation:
(Vol. 40) Computer Law and Security Review (2021)
Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026736492030100X
DOI:
10.1016/j.clsr.2020.105495
Published: Apr 2021
'Intermediary Publishers and European data protection: Delimiting the ambit of responsibility for third-party rights through a synthetic interpretation of the EU acquis' International Journal of Law and Information Technology (Vol. 26(3), pp. 189-225) (2018)
Citation:
International Journal of Law and Information Technology (Vol. 26(3), pp. 189-225) (2018)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/ijlit/article/26/3/189/5033541
DOI:
10.1093/ijlit/eay007
Published: Jun 2018
'Statutory Regulation of Professional Journalism Under European Data Protection: Down But Not Out?' Journal of Media Law (Vol. 8 (2), pp. 229-265) (2016)
Citation:
Journal of Media Law (Vol. 8 (2), pp. 229-265) (2016)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17577632.2016.1250405
DOI:
10.1080/17577632.2016.1250405
Published: Nov 2016
'European Data Protection Regulation and Online New Media: Mind the Enforcement Gaps' Journal of Law and Society (Vol. 43 (4), pp. 534-64) (2016)
Citation:
Journal of Law and Society (Vol. 43 (4), pp. 534-64) (2016)
Link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jols.12002
DOI:
10.1111/jols.12002
Published: Nov 2016
'European Data Protection and Media Expression: Fundamentally Off Balance' International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 65 (1), pp. 139-183 (2016)
Citation:
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 65 (1), pp. 139-183 (2016)
Link:
Published: Jan 2016
'Data Protection and the Right to Reputation: Filling the “Gaps” After the Defamation Act 2013' Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 73(3), pp. 536-569 (2014)
Citation:
Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 73(3), pp. 536-569 (2014)
Link:
Published: Dec 2014
'The Rudd Government’s Rejection of an Australian Bill of Rights: A Stunted Case of Aversive Constitutionalism?' Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 65 (2), pp. 359-379 (2012)
Citation:
Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 65 (2), pp. 359-379 (2012)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/65/2/359/1432017
DOI:
10.1093/pa/gsr040
Published: Apr 2012
'Constructing the Labyrinth: The impact of data protection on the development of ‘ethical’ regulation in social science' Information Communication and Society, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 104-123 (2012)
Citation:
Information Communication and Society, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 104-123 (2012)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2011.630403
DOI:
10.1080/1369118X.2011.630403
Published: Nov 2011
'Systematically Handicapped? Social Research in the Data Protection Framework' Information and Communications Technology Law, Vol. 20 (2), pp. 83-101 (2011)
Citation:
Information and Communications Technology Law, Vol. 20 (2), pp. 83-101 (2011)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2011.578925
DOI:
10.1080/13600834.2011.578925
Published: Jun 2011
'Smoke but No Fire? The Politics of a ‘British’ Bill of Rights' Political Quarterly, Vol. 81 (2), pp. 188-198 (2010)
Citation:
Political Quarterly, Vol. 81 (2), pp. 188-198 (2010)
Link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2010.02091.x
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-923X.2010.02091.x
Published: May 2010
'Postmaterialist Social Constituencies and Political Triggers: Explaining Bill of Rights Genesis in Internally Stable, Advanced Democracies' Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 64 (4), pp. 798-810, (2009)
Citation:
Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 64 (4), pp. 798-810, (2009)
Link:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1065912909349625
DOI:
10.1177/106591290934962
Published: Nov 2009
'Charter 88, Democratic Constitutionalism and Europeanisation – Ambiguous Relationships' Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 64 (4), pp. 580-599 (2009)
Citation:
Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 64 (4), pp. 580-599 (2009)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/62/4/580/1538870
DOI:
10.1093/pa/gsp021
Published: Oct 2009
'Judicial Culture and the Politico-legal Opportunity structure: Explaining Bill of Rights Legal Impact in New Zealand' Law and Social Inquiry, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 95-127 (2009
'Ideology, Power Orientation and Policy Drag: Explaining the Elite Politics of Britain’s Bill of Rights debate' Government and Opposition, Vol. 44(1), pp. 20-41 (2009)
Citation:
Government and Opposition, Vol. 44(1), pp. 20-41 (2009)
Link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1477-7053.2008.01274.x
DOI:
10.1111/j.1477-7053.2008.01274.x
Published: Dec 2008
'Elite Supply ‘Blockages’ and the Failure of National Bill of Rights Initiatives in Australia: a Comparative Westminster Analysis' Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 46(3), pp. 341-364 (2008)
Citation:
Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 46(3), pp. 341-364 (2008)
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14662040802176566
DOI:
10.1080/14662040802176566
Published: Jun 2008
'Aversive Constitutionalism in the Westminster World: the genesis of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990)' International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 5(2) pp. 343-369) (2007)
Citation:
International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 5(2) pp. 343-369) (2007)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/icon/article/5/2/343/850099
DOI:
10.1093/icon/mom001
Published: Apr 2007
'The ʻRight to be Forgottenʼ Beyond the EU: An Analysis of Wider G20 Regulatory Action and Potential Next Steps' Journal of Media Law (Vol. 13(1), pp. 1-35) (2021)
Citation:
Journal of Media Law (Vol. 13(1), pp. 1-35) (2021)
'Stuck in the Thicket? Social Research under the First Data Protection Principle' International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol. 19 (2), pp. 133-152 (2011)
Citation:
International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol. 19 (2), pp. 133-152 (2011)
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/ijlit/article/19/2/133/768349
DOI:
10.1093/ijlit/ear001
'The ʻRight to be Forgottenʼ Online within G20 Statutory Data Protection Frameworks' International Data Privacy Law (Vol. 10(4), pp. 294-313) (2020)
'Disclosure, Exposure and the ʻRight to be Forgottenʼ after Google Spain: Interrogating Google Search’s webmaster, end user and Lumen notification practices' Computer Law and Security Review (Vol. 38) (2020)
Citation:
Computer Law and Security Review (Vol. 38) (2020)
Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026736492030042X
DOI:
10.1016/j.clsr.2020.105437
'Beyond ʻHaving a Domesticʼ? Regulatory Interpretation of European Data Protection Law and Individual Publication' Computer Law and Security Review (Vol. 33 (3), pp. 275-297) (2017)
Citation:
Computer Law and Security Review (Vol. 33 (3), pp. 275-297) (2017)
'European Regulatory Interpretation of the Interface between Data Protection and Traditional Journalism: An Incomplete and Imperfect Balancing Act?' Public Law, Issue 4, pp. 631-650 [2016]
Citation:
Public Law, Issue 4, pp. 631-650 [2016]
'Data Protection Confronts Freedom of Expression on the ʻNew Mediaʼ Internet: The Stance of European Regulatory Authorities' European Law Review, Vol. 40 (4), pp. 531-562 (2015)
Citation:
European Law Review, Vol. 40 (4), pp. 531-562 (2015)
'From the Scylla of Restriction to the Charybdis of License? Exploring the scope of the “special purposes” freedom of expression shield in European data protection' Common Market Law Review, Vol. 52 (1) pp. 119-153 (2015)
Citation:
Common Market Law Review, Vol. 52 (1) pp. 119-153 (2015)
Link:
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Common+Market+Law+Review/52.1/COLA2015005
DOI:
10.54648/cola2015005
'Freedom of Expression Turned On Its Head: Academic Social Research and Journalism in the European Union’s Privacy Framework' Public Law, Issue 1, pp. 52-73 (2013)
Citation:
Public Law, Issue 1, pp. 52-73 (2013)
Book Chapters
"“Google Spain, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) (2014)” ", Landmark Cases in Privacy Law (Hart Publishing, 2023), pp. 261-280
"Google Spain, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) (2014)" in Peter Coe and Paul Wragg (ed(s)), Landmark Cases in Privacy Law (Hart Publishing, 2023)
""Hiding in Plain Sight: Right to be Forgotten and Search Engines in the Context of International Data Protection Frameworks"" (with Krzysztof Garstka ) in Luca Belli and Nicolas Zingales (ed(s)), Platform Regulations: How Platforms Are Regulated and How They Regulate Us (FGV Direito Rio, 2017), pp. 127-147
Publisher:
Pages:
127-147
ISBN 13:
978-85-9597-014-4
Link
https://repositorio.fgv.br/items/d35abb4b-ed3c-467c-97c8-5c59710cc9c7
Published Nov 2017
" “New Zealand: Abandoning Westminster?”" in Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg (ed(s)), The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions, 2013), pp. 322-342
"“Questions of Tolerance and Fairness”" in Harry Hirsch (ed(s)), The Future of Gay Rights in America (Routledge, 2005), pp. 15-35
Publisher:
Pages:
15-35
ISBN 13:
9780415950787
Link
Published Sep 2005