Centre for Information Rights (CIR)

Description

The Centre for Information Rights (CIR) is based in the Department of Law in the Faculty of Law, Crime and Justice and linked with the Department of Digital Technologies. CIR recognises that the term 'information rights' spans a wide range of live issues, including: machine learning, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the 'Internet of Things', information sharing, freedom of information (FOI), privacy, data protection, cyberlaw, intellectual property, e-disclosure and Government open data.

The CIR aims to:

• Provide a focus for research in Information Rights;
• Contribute to developing policy and practice;
• Explore ways of exchanging knowledge with subject matter experts, practitioners, students and other academics;
• Contribute to training and educational activities;
• Engage with the local and wider community to provide opportunities for information-related issues to be debated.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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University of Winchester
Winchester