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Valerie Verdoodt

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77 Results

2025

An exploration of the child's right not to use the internet : disentangling from the digital web

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in The right not to use the internet : concept, contexts, consequences

Digital disconnection as a plight or right? A manifesto to re-imagine digital disconnection as a reasonable accommodation

Mariek Vanden AbeeleMarijn MartensSarah AnrijsSara Van BruysselDavid de Segovia Vicente

Bookchapter in The right not to use the internet : concept, contexts, consequences

Facial age estimation : a research roadmap for technological and legal development and deployment

Richard GuestEva LievensMartin SasElena BotoevaTemitope AdeyemoValerie VerdoodtElora FernandesChris Allgrove

First evaluation of the European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) : a summary of consultations with children, young people, and expert stakeholders

Valerie VerdoodtEva LievensBrian O'NeillValentina Dopona

How the EU safeguards children’s rights in the digital environment : an exploratory analysis of the EU Digital Services Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in Human rights in the digital domain : core questions

Loot boxes as part of a layered platform ecosystem : a multidisciplinary perspective

Maarten DenooPieterjan DeclerckValerie VerdoodtEva LievensBieke Zaman

A1 Journal Article in CONVERGENCE-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

The protection of children by video-sharing platforms under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive : codifying platforms’ responsibility to respect children’s rights

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in Governance of digital single market actors

The right not to use the internet : concept, contexts, consequences

Youth, screen use and policy : shedding light on the legal context of screen use debates

Valerie Verdoodt

Lecture / Speech

2024

'A special offer for you!' : personalisation of in-game commercial practices at the crossroads of data protection and consumer protection regulation

Pieterjan DeclerckEva LievensValerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DROIT DE LA CONSOMMATION = EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONSUMER LAW

Children's rights in the digital environment

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An Introduction to Law & Technology

Children’s insights on monetisation and datafication in the digital environment : a participatory approach

Ingrida MilkaiteValerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

Consumer protection in the online environment

Pieterjan DeclerckValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An Introduction to Law & Technology

General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment : implications for children’s right to privacy and data protection in Africa

Yohannes Eneyew AyalewValerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW

IoT and data protection

Athena ChristofiValerie VerdoodtNatalie BertelsSébastien ZieglerAdrian Quesada RodriguezRenáta Radócz

Bookchapter in Springer handbook of internet of things

Manipulative digital marketing practices targeted at children and youth online : rights and responsibilities under the existing EU legal framework

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

One big happy family? The legal implications of commercial sharenting

Valerie VerdoodtYaël PelegrinEva Lievens

Bookchapter in Sharenting practices, consequences and protective measures

Report on the 6th International Press Freedom Seminar : Journalists in exile

Valerie VerdoodtSarah Van MeelEva LievensSarah Van Leuven

Safeguarding the child’s right to privacy and data protection in the European Union and China : a tale of state duties and business responsibilities

Valerie VerdoodtYueming ZhangEva Lievens

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The privacy implications of child(-targeted) influencer content on digital platforms

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in Social media influencers and the #Law

The regulation of artificial intelligence

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An Introduction to Law & Technology

2023

5th International Press Freedom Seminar : journalism and artificial intelligence

Valerie VerdoodtEva LievensIngrida MilkaiteSarah Van Leuven

Children's rights in the digital environment

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

Consumer protection in the online environment

Pieterjan DeclerckValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

Ireland, a €345 million fine for TikTok for violations of the GDPR regarding the processing of children’s personal data

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION LAW REVIEW

Shaping the future together : experiences from children’s participation in EU policy-making

Valerie Verdoodt

The EU approach to safeguard children's rights on video-sharing platforms

Valerie VerdoodtEva LievensArgyro Chatzinikolaou

The EU approach to safeguard children's rights on video-sharing platforms : jigsaw or maze?

Valerie VerdoodtEva LievensArgyro Chatzinikolaou

A1 Journal Article in MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

The regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

2022

4th International Press Freedom Seminar : combating SLAPPs against journalists

Lien StolleValerie VerdoodtEva LievensSarah Van LeuvenBart Vanhaelewyn

Children's right to protection from economic exploitation in an AI-world

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in Artificial Intelligence and the rights of the child : towards an integrated agenda for research and policy

Children's rights in the digital environment

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

Consumer protection in the online environment

Pieterjan DeclerckValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

How to address consumer risks for children on social media and in gaming

Valerie Verdoodt

Influencers in the audiovisual media landscape : research findings on regulating branded content

Nadia FeciValerie Verdoodt

Roundtable on child and youth consumer protection in digital markets

Pieterjan DeclerckEva LievensValerie VerdoodtNadia Feci

The legal implications of monetising creativity on video-sharing platforms : hobby, side-hustle or career?

Nadia FeciValerie Verdoodt

The legal walkthrough : a children’s rights perspective on FUT Packs in FIFA 22

Maarten DenooPieterjan DeclerckValerie VerdoodtEva LievensBieke Zaman

The regulation of artificial intelligence

Valerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in An introduction to law & technology

2021

Children in the EU Digital Services Act and Artificial Intelligence Act : from acknowledging children’s rights to protecting and fulfilling children’s rights

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

Children’s privacy in lockdown : intersections between privacy, participation and protection rights in a pandemic

Lisa ArchboldValerie VerdoodtFaith GordonDamian Clifford

A2 Journal Article in LAW, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS

Children’s rights in the digital environment : moving from theory to practice : best-practice guideline

Valerie Verdoodt

Esports and the platforming of child’s play during COVID-19

Valerie VerdoodtRobbie FordyceLisa ArchboldFaith GordonDamian Clifford

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS

2020

Adolescents’ advertising literacy and privacy protection strategies in the context of targeted advertising on social networking sites : implications for regulation

Brahim ZaroualiValerie VerdoodtMichel WalraveKarolien PoelsKoen PonnetEva Lievens

A2 Journal Article in YOUNG CONSUMERS

Child labour and online protection in a world of influencers

Valerie VerdoodtSimone van der HofMark Leiser

Bookchapter in The regulation of social media influencers

Children's rights and commercial communication in the digital era

Valerie Verdoodt

Fairness, consent and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Valerie Verdoodt

Portrettering van vrouwen in reclame

Valerie Verdoodt

Portrettering, profilering en participatie van vrouwen in (digitale) reclame

Valerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in AUTEURS & MÉDIA

The child’s right to privacy, data protection and protection from commercial exploitation re-visited

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

The child’s right to protection against economic exploitation in the digital world

Simone van der HofEva LievensIngrida MilkaiteValerie VerdoodtThijs HannemaTon Liefaard

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS

2019

Digital influencers and vlogging advertising : calling for awareness, guidance and enforcement

Valerie VerdoodtNadia Feci

A2 Journal Article in AUTEURS & MÉDIA

Herziening van de richtlijn audiovisuele mediadiensten : over Porsches en ezelswagens in tijden van convergentie

Peggy ValckeNadia FeciValerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in AUTEURS & MÉDIA

Kinderrechten en reclamewijsheid in het digitale tijdperk : richting een empowerend regelgevend kader voor commerciële communicatie

Valerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in DROIT DE LA CONSOMMATION = CONSUMENTENRECHT

Nieuwe regels inzake reclame voor online gokken : analyse van het KB van 25 oktober 2018

Nadia FeciValerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in DROIT DE LA CONSOMMATION = CONSUMENTENRECHT

Smart city privacy : enhancing collaborative transparency in the regulatory ecosystem

Athena ChristofiRob HeymanLaurens VandercruysseValerie VerdoodtCaroline ButsMichael DoomsJo PiersonPeggy Valcke

The role of children’s rights in regulating digital advertising

Valerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS

2018

Adolescents’ persuasion skills and privacy protection strategies in the context of targeted advertising on social networking sites : implications for regulation

Brahim ZaroualiValerie VerdoodtMichel WalraveKarolien PoelsKoen PonnetEva Lievens

Children’s rights and advertising literacy in the digital era : towards an empowering regulatory framework for commercial communication

Valerie VerdoodtEva LievensPeggy Valcke

Children’s rights and digital technologies

Eva LievensSonia LivingstoneSharon McLaughlinBrian O’NeillValerie Verdoodt

Bookchapter in International human rights of children

Looking for needles in a haystack : key issues affecting children's rights in the general data protection regulation

Eva LievensValerie Verdoodt

A1 Journal Article in COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW

Platforms and commercial communications aimed at children : a playground under legislative reform?

Ingrid LambrechtValerie VerdoodtJasper Bellon

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY

2017

A safe glimpse within the 'black box'? Ethical and legal principles when assessing digital marketing of food and drink to children

Mimi Tatlow-GoldenValerie VerdoodtJohn OatesJo JewellJoao BredaEmma Boyland

A2 Journal Article in PUBLIC HEALTH PANORAMA = PANORAMA OBŜESTVENNOGO ZDRAVOOHRANENIÂ

De AVG bekeken vanuit een kinderrechtenperspectief : pluspunten, knelpunten & vraagstukken

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

A2 Journal Article in COMPUTERRECHT

Integrative advertising : the marketing 'dark side' or merely the emperor's new clothes?

Damian CliffordValerie Verdoodt

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY

Reclame en nieuwe media: vind ik (niet) leuk : juridische stand van zaken in het licht van de nieuwe Richtlijn Audiovisuele Mediadiensten en de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming

Peggy ValckeValerie VerdoodtEva LievensIngrid Lambrecht

Bookchapter in Recht in beweging. 24ste VRG-Alumnidag 2017

Targeting children with personalised advertising : how to reconcile the (best) interests of children and advertisers

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

Bookchapter in Data protection and privacy under pressure : transatlantic tensions, EU surveillance, and big data

The General Data Protection Regulation and children’s rights: questions and answers for legislators, DPAs, industry, education, stakeholders and civil society. Roundtable Report.

Ingrida MilkaiteValerie VerdoodtHans MartensEva Lievens

The Role of Children’s Rights in Regulating New Advertising Techniques

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

2016

A Children’s Rights perspective on self-regulation of new advertising formats

Valerie VerdoodtEva Lievens

Accountability in the EU data protection reform : balancing citizens’ and business’ rights

Lina JasmontaiteValerie Verdoodt

Faraway, so close : why the digital industry needs scholars and the other way around

Verónica DonosoValerie VerdoodtMaarten Van MechelenLina Jasmontaite

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA

Mapping and analysis of the current self- and co- regulatory framework of commercial communication aimed at minors

Valerie VerdoodtIngrid LambrechtEva Lievens

Toying with children's emotions, the new game in town? The legality of advergames in the EU

Valerie VerdoodtDamian CliffordEva Lievens

A1 Journal Article in COMPUTER LAW & SECURITY REVIEW

2015

Belgium's new privacy bill may be adopted soon : opinion on the use of cloud services in hospitals

Valerie VerdoodtNiels Vandezande

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION LAW REVIEW

Richting eerlijke bedingen en meer privacy voor Facebook gebruikers?

Valerie VerdoodtEllen WautersBrendan Van Alsenoy

A2 Journal Article in DROIT DE LA CONSOMMATION = CONSUMENTENRECHT

2014

Country report Belgium

Brendan Van AlsenoyValerie VerdoodtEva LievensRuben RoexEllen WautersEls Kindt

Bookchapter in International handbook of social media laws