Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard

Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard (AB Mass Comm, M. Eco, LLB,MSC,MA,LLM,PHD,PG Dip. Private Law; PG Dip EU Law, DTheo) is a Professor of Law. She is currently Visiting Professor at several universities, including Southampton University and Renmin University. She is also an International Associate of i-Laws and a PHD Supervisor-Professor at the Communications University of China. Sylvia finished her education in the US, UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and the Philippines with distinction. She is the editor- in- chief of the International Journal of Private Law, the Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology, International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry; managing editor of the Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management; associate editor of International Journal of Intercultural Information Management; Associate Editor of the International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy; and member of the editorial board of over 20 international journals. She is also the President of the International Association of IT Lawyers and member of the Scientific Board of the European Privacy Association and EICAR. Sylvia is the Conference Organiser and Chairman of the Legal, Security and Privacy Issues Conference (LSPI), International Business Law &Technology Conference (IBLT) and the International Law and Trade Conference (ILTC). She is also an expert for the EU (e-practice, e-content & Safer Internet, e-participation, e-government and the EU-China Info Society Project on Info Security) and a regulatory expert for the Council of Europe. She is the Principal Investigator for the co-Reach project, which will conduct a comparative analysis of the copyright law between China and selected EU member states. She has published over 2000 articles and books and has won 2 journalism awards. She is also advisor to several international associations, government bodies and companies. Her main area of expertise is cyberlaw, contract law and public administration law.

Publications

Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds From the Atlantic
Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds From the Atlantic
Sylvia Kierkegaard. © 2019. 24 pages.
Concerns about government snooping in the wake of revelations by whistle blower Edward Snowden have deterred enterprises and IT professionals from keeping sensitive data in the...
Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds from the Atlantic
Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds from the Atlantic
Sylvia Kierkegaard. © 2016. 23 pages.
Concerns about government snooping in the wake of revelations by whistle blower Edward Snowden have deterred enterprises and IT professionals from keeping sensitive data in the...
Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds from the Atlantic
Cloud State Surveillance: Dark Octopus Tentacle Clouds from the Atlantic
Sylvia Kierkegaard. © 2015. 23 pages.
Concerns about government snooping in the wake of revelations by whistle blower Edward Snowden have deterred enterprises and IT professionals from keeping sensitive data in the...
Not Every Cloud Brings Rain: Legal Risks on the Horizon
Not Every Cloud Brings Rain: Legal Risks on the Horizon
Sylvia Kierkegaard. © 2012. 14 pages.
The promise of a utility-based IT service delivery model is well understood and highly desirable. Moving towards cloud-based computing is emerging and gaining acceptance as a...
Foreword
Foreword
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard. © 2010. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Law and Order in Virtual Worlds: Exploring Avatars, Their Ownership and Rights.
Foreword
Foreword
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard. © 2009. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Social and Human Elements of Information Security: Emerging Trends and Countermeasures.
EU Tackles Cybercrime
EU Tackles Cybercrime
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard. © 2007. 8 pages.
The growing importance of information and communication infrastructure opens up new opportunities for criminal activities. The European Union has therefore taken a number of...
International Cybercrime Convention
International Cybercrime Convention
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard. © 2007. 8 pages.
The Internet’s global character and the increasing pressure from industries have prompted legislators to sort-out cross border cybercrime issues with a legislative solution—the...
Swallowing the Bait, Hook, Line, and Sinker: Phishing, Pharming, and Now Rat-ing!
Swallowing the Bait, Hook, Line, and Sinker: Phishing, Pharming, and Now Rat-ing!
Sylvia Kierkegaard. © 2007. 20 pages.
Phishing and pharming continue to plague many financial institutions and electronic commerce (e-commerce) Web sites. Security experts estimate annual losses from computer crime...